Getting an apple from A to B
Most people reach into the supermarket fridge and pull out a bag of apples without much thought. Where was it grown? How did it get from the tree into a bag? How did the bag end up on the shelf?…
Startling pattern on a Pink Lady apple perfectly demonstrates how a fruit colours.
Just 10 days into a new job at Ceres Fruit Growers, Quality Assurance Co-ordinator, Melinda Christodoulides, experienced an extremely rare occurrence: a perfectly etched image of a branch and a leaf on a Pink Lady apple. She explains: “Red…
The first Witte Wijn apples are growing on South African soil again
While we don’t know for how many years the Witte Wijn apple, the first-ever apple variety picked in the Cape in 1662, was lost, estimates by Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s sleuths suggest it may have been hundreds of years. Since returning…
Appels en pere, ken jou kernvrugte!
In die vrugtebedryf, soos in alle ander bedrywe, kan jy soos ‘n bedryfskenner klink deur net ‘n paar van die regte terme te ken. Tru-Cape se bemarkingsdirekteur, Conrad Fick, beskryf ‘n paar van die mees algemene terme. Eerstens verwys ons na appels…
Woordfees 2020: Sagtevrugtefynproe ’n ontploffing van kleur en geur
Deur Grethe Bestbier Om appels en pere te vergelyk is selde ’n goeie idee. Om appels én pere én pruime te vergelyk, soos bewys tydens die Toyota US Woordfees 2020 se heel eerste sagtevrugteproe, kan egter lei tot ’n ontploffing…
HORTGRO GAAN WOORDFEES TOE
Persverklaring: 4 Februarie 2020 SAGTEVRUGTE GAAN WOORDFEES TOE! As jy gedink het Eva het vir Adam met ‘n appel verlei, of dat Granny Smith jou oumagrootjie se kleinniggie is, wag daar ‘n groot verrassing op jou. Die Suid-Afrikaanse sagtevrugtebedryf is…
WITTE WIJNAPPEL BACK IN COMPANY’S GARDEN
Company’s Garden reclaims a piece of its history The return of the first apple tree planted in the iconic Company’s Garden in the late 1650s is a remarkable story, made possible through a partnership between Tru-Cape, Hortgro and the Cape…
‘First apple’ picked in SA back on home ground
Caption: The Witte Wijn Appel as captured by artist Karel van Biljon in Buks Nel and Henk Griessel’s book: Apples in the Early Days at the Cape. For the first time in hundreds of years, the progeny of the…