December 2018
Articles in this Issue
A meander along South Africa’s CA storage road
By Richard Hurndall. Following the first commercial Controlled Atmosphere (CA) cold storage room in Kent, UK in 1929, Molteno Brothers…
Forelle early market access
Unlocking new value from an old cultivar. By Anna Mouton. “Forelle has been around for 350 years,” says Dr Ian…
Understanding rootstock evaluation
Every stone-fruit grower knows that when it comes producing an excellent crop you have to get your rootstock right. But…
Rootstocks: choose what is best for your crop
Researcher and rootstock specialist, Dr Piet Stassen, discusses the characteristics of high-potential stone-fruit rootstocks for South African conditions. This guide…
Fruit flies
Keeping your orchard pest-free. By Dane McDonald. It is the trouble every fruit grower is trying to avoid— finding a…
Nip phytosanitary risk in the bud
Dr Shelley Johnson, a quarantine entomologist, says the deciduous fruit industry’s export market is based on sound phytosanitary principles —…