Big harvest of medlar in Marina Baixa, Spain

The medlar campaign begins in the Marina Baixa region and in the production area with Protected Designation of Origin of Callosa d´En Sarriá, where 50% of the national production of this appreciated spring fruit is concentrated. with high hopes and good expectations regarding the recovery of the crop after the wreck suffered in 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus and atypical weather, which reduced the harvest to 10 million kilos. Thus, this year production volumes will recover and they are expected to reach, if temperatures remain stable during the month of April, 13 million kilos. But if there is something to highlight this campaign, in which the weather has accompanied the absence of rains during flowering, mild temperatures throughout the winter and very specific rainfall and falls gently at the time of fruit setting, it is the excellent quality of the fruit, which reaches the market with minimal treatments due to the absence of moisture, with one of the highest calibers in ...