Harvest of ‘yellow gold’ loquat begins

The open harvest of Maltese plums (loquats), which are mostly produced in Mersin and referred to as 'yellow gold' in Turkey, has begun. It was stated that the yield of loquat fruit, which has decreased by more than 50 percent due to agricultural frost, has been found to be bought for 50 to 90 TL per kilogram depending on its quality. In Mersin, which ranks first in Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable production, many products from strawberries to mulberries, apricots to plums have begun to be harvested in the open with the increasing air temperatures. With the heat, the harvest of loquat has begun in open gardens in Tarsus and Erdemli districts, where it is produced the most. Workers entered the gardens, meticulously collected the fruits they separated according to their quality and sent them to the market to be delivered to their buyers. It was learned that the first quality of the fruits, which were damaged by approximately 50 percent due to agricultural frost, found buyers for ...