Fig harvest starts in Spanish Lleida with good sizes and quality

Everything indicates that the fig harvest in Alguaire, a municipality in the northern Spanish province of Lleida, which has been brought forward by two weeks, will be larger than last season. Àlex Lladonosa from Figues la Noria indicates that the figs are larger and sweeter than in other years. "They are also slightly harder, which gives us more guarantees in terms of shelf life during the sale." He says that irrigation has been quite normal with water from the Pinyana channel and that the weather conditions in winter, spring and summer have favored crop development. The fig is a fruit that is doing well on the market in countries such as France and Germany. Due to this good reception on the market, fig cultivation is gaining ground in Lleida and contributes to the diversification of ...