Stone fruit

- Strong, despite the difficulties

The Spanish stone fruit sector is showing its strength in a season of ups and downs.

- Downward correction for the European harvest and stability in the Spanish harvest

The Europech forum May forecasts for the stone fruit harvest were corrected downwards in June.

- Cherries from Alicante – pure temptation

The current cherry season looks set to be one of exceptional quality for the PGI “Cerezas de la Montaña de Alicante”.

- Frutas Malavá, a foot in Eastern Europe

Eastern European countries are becoming increasingly important for the Aragon company, Frutas Malavá.

- Frutas Berdejo: organic quality

“Associating organic produce with damaged fruit is a thing of the past”

- Erruz: “the market is opting for smaller sizes”

“The demand for small-sized Golden Delicious apples is increasing markedly throughout the Spanish market”

- Afruex eyes non-EU markets

The main objective of Afruex this season is to open new markets outside the E.U.

- Frutas Salud, staggering growth

In only four years, Frutas Salud is marking up 50% growth.

- Acopaex to embrace organic farming

The marketing cooperative from Extremadura is getting ready to enter the organic sector.

- Natussweet, the sweet brand

Natus presents the first stone fruit brand with a sweet flavour guarantee.

- “Extremadura: ‘category manager’ for the south-west triangle”

The boom in fruit growing in Extremadura has made this region a strategic hub for the geographical triangle between Madrid, Seville and Lisbon.

- The Jerte Valley loses half its production

Persistent rains in May and June have brought one of the worst cherry harvests for many years.

- Five Sense Group gets its new installations ready

In the next citrus season Grupo Five Senses will open its new facilities in the same area of Seville as its old warehouse.

- Provedo Nurseries: front-runner in R&D

The company from La Rioja carries out Research and Development programmes which have made it a benchmark in Europe.

- Escande nurseries, the strength of apricot

Of all their hybridisation programmes, those for apricot have become strategic for the French company.