Pear - Import export

Pears (Pyrus communis L.) represents a genus of plants from the family Rosaceae, also related to apple and quince. Because of its delicious fruits, it is cultivated for more than 4000 years and more than 1000 varieties are known up to now. Fresh fruits contain up to 20% of dry matter, 9-15% of sugars, organic acids, cellulose, a significant amount of tannin and pectin, as well as numerous minerals, vitamins, and micro-elements. In addition to consumption as a fresh product, the pear is used in the processing industry for juice, jams, compotes, and others. In our nursery, we are producing high-quality pear fruit trees for professional orchards, but also for the hobby market.

Productinformation Peas are harvested throughout september and october in California, whereas in South Africa harvest time is around february and march. It is important to harvest them shortly before becoming fully ripe, because they would be too soft for further processing. Directly afterwards they get shockfrosted, cut in half – and dried as mottled pieces. The unfumigated fruits are better in terms of taste as the fumigated ones, as they have a degree of moisture up to eighteen percent. Nevertheless the unfumigated product is more expensive, mainly because more fresh fruits need to be applied for production. Moreover, the drying process takes longer, which lets them loose more weight. Origin The main pear-exporting countries are South Africa, Argentina and China.

It is a robust and vigorous variety with a semierect bearing. It blossoms early to mid in the season. Productive and tolerant variety. It starts yielding early in its life and develops best when the orchard has good sunshine exposure. POLLINATORS: Self-sterile. The best pollinators are Kordia, Stella, Sunburst, Bing. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Elongated and heart-shaped. Skin is glossy, rich dark red in color. The flesh is dark red, firm, crisp, juicy. Taste is sweet-sour, with a nice aroma. FRUIT SIZE: Large. HARVEST: Late in the season. Mid-June. COMMERCIAL USE: Consumed fresh and also used in cooking and baking. It is valuable to the processing industry as it can be preserved, canned, and frozen.

The growing habit of Burlat is spreading and it has moderate vigour and a round canopy. When it starts yielding, the yields are regular and abundant. Blossoms mid-early. POLLINATORS: Stella, Van. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Heart-shaped fruit with burgundy dark red skin. The flesh is dark red, medium-hard, juicy, sweet in taste, and a pleasant aroma. FRUIT SIZE: Large. HARVEST: Early, end of May. COMMERCIAL USE: One of the most important early varieties. Great quality

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a deciduous woody plant and belongs to the Rosaceae family and Prunoideae subfamily. The fruit is a monocarpic pome, with a spherical appearance and dark red, pink, or yellow color. The fruits are meaty, sweet-tasting, 2-3 pieces stacked together on stalks. Sweet cherry is a very important agricultural plant and its fruits are in high demand both for fresh consumption and for processing. Sweet cherry has the most vitamin C compared to other pome fruit. The fruit is also rich in zinc, folic acid, calcium, antioxidants, and flavonoids which play an important role in a healthy diet. Cherry also contains cellulose, which tightly regulates digestion.