UK Cameo® sees record crop
Harvesting of this season’s Cameo® apple crop has now been completed with a record picked volume of 5,700 tonnes which exceeds the previous highest crop by 34%.
The increase has been due to the planting of new orchards combined with higher yields arising from the development of new clones. It has been achieved against the background of reduced apple crops in Europe and a static volume compared with last season of total dessert apples in UK.
The success is in contrast to the performance of many other relatively new varieties of apples whose volumes and orchard areas have diminished due primarily to disease susceptibility.