Argentina authorizes early harvest of pear and apple

Argentina's National Agri-Food Quality and Health Service (Senasa) authorized the early harvest of pears and apples in the main producing regions of the country. In the regions of the Upper and Middle Rio Negro Valley, in Argentine Patagonia. The start of harvesting work on the Beurre Bosc and Golden Russet Bosc pear varieties in the Upper and Middle Valley region and Packham's Triumph in the Upper Valley was authorized. Normally, Beurre Bosc starts on February 12 in the Middle Valley and on February 13 in the Upper Valley, Golden Russet Bosc starts on February 9 in the Middle Valley and on February 11 in the Upper Valley. Packham's Triumph is harvested from February 5th for this region of Patagonia. In the case of apples, the harvest of Red Delicious and its clones was authorized for the region of Alto Vale. This variety has a provisional harvest date of 11 February. The authorization was determined after the report presented by the Post-harvest Area of the National Institute of ...