Good stone fruit production expected in southern Italy if the weather trend stabilizes Despite the continuous climatic changes and the last adverse weather events, with frost and heavy rains, fortunately the damages recorded on stone fruits are minimal. Currently we are in the phenological phase of fruit enlargement for the early cultivars. In fact, the thinning operations are in progress, while for the medium-late cultivars, we are in the phase where the petals of the fertilized flowers are detached. Compared to last year, we expect 30-40% more product. With regard to citrus fruits, we are in the flowering phase and, also in this case, the damages caused by the bad weather are not huge, said Giacomo Russo, sales director of the Producers Organization Ortocal of Corigliano Calabro, in the Italian province of Cosenza.