The earliest cherries in the Southern Hemisphere were harvested in an experimental field in Jujuy, Argentina

On September 24, the first cherries were harvested from plants located in an experimental farm in the province of Jujuy, in the north of Argentina, and thus achieved the fleeting victory of having in the country the earliest harvest of this fine fruit in the Southern Hemisphere. Of course, this is a test to see the conditions of cultivation in an unusual area, since the cherry is a much more southern crop: the planted surface is divided between Mendoza and the provinces of Patagonia. According to the specialized site PortalFrutícola, these first fruits were obtained in a young experimental block of 2 thousand cherry plants of different varieties, located in a test carried out by the Mendoza company Güizzo Frutas Frescas SA. According to Viviana Curzel, researcher and director of the Center for Fruit Research in Jujuy, cherry production was several weeks ahead of Mendoza production and the Chilean fields of Ovalle, which are just beginning to harvest these days. In other tests it ...