In Hungary, stone fruits were born, but it is not good with grain ones

Published 2024년 9월 9일

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Hungarian gardeners have seen a good harvest of cherry, peach, and plum fruits due to favorable spring weather, but apples and pears have suffered due to irrigation issues and summer heat. The country's forecasted apple harvest is 330,000 tons, down from a potential 500-600 thousand tons. The average age of Hungarian gardens is increasing, leading to more crop health issues, and there has been little progress in planting new orchards. The changed climate has introduced new challenges to fruit production, including spring freezes, storms, hail, and both summer heat and drought.

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Thanks to favorable weather in the spring, Hungarian gardeners received a good harvest of apricots, cherries, peaches and plums. But the old orchards of apples and pears, unsolved problems with irrigation, and the heat of this summer prevented a high harvest of apples and pears. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Netherlands with reference to Agrárszektor.hu. Ferenc Apati, president of Hungary's leading fruit and vegetable producer alliance FruitVeB, said that different fruits had different levels of success this season. Cherry, peach, and plum orchards showed relatively well. The apricot crop was three times last year's disastrous harvest, but still considered a moderate average for many years. However, apples show very low yields. For apples, a harvest of 500-600 thousand tons would mean a good year. This season, the forecasted harvest will be 330,000 tons. In addition, Mr. Apati reported that the state of Hungarian gardens has deteriorated even more in the ...

Source: Agrotimes