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ORCHARD BEAUTY
"PSA would change the industry in a way that no-one could have imagined and it needed to be the focus for everyone at this time, he said."managing director Jeff Wesley said.
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Wait and see
The ‘wait and see’ message is similar for new variety growers who are seeing various levels of infection across Gold9, Gold3 and Green14. The overall situation for Te Puke GOLD growers is not good. Currently, 85 per cent of GOLD area in Te Puke contains a Psa-V infection. A high percentage of these orchards will not make it through to the 2012 harvest.
KIWI FRUIT
These furry fruits are an icon of New Zealand. The clean, green or yellow flesh is sweet and packed full of vitamins and minerals that it nutritious and good for you. The kiwifruit, often shortened to kiwi in many parts of the world, is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa andhybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia.The most common cultivars of kiwifruit are oval, about the size of a large hen's egg (5–8 cm / 2–3 in long and 4.5–5.5 cm / 1¾–2 in diameter). It has a fibrous, dull brown-green skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture and a unique flavour, and today is a commercial crop in several countries, mainly in Italy, New Zealand and Chile. The two main varieties available are Actinidia Hayward male and Actinidia Hayward Female.
THE ORCHARD The earlier structure of the industry was characterised by family run operations which simultaneously managed an orchard and packhouse. With the expansion and consolidation of post harvest operations kiwi growers now specialise in producing kiwifruit at the orchard. Further analysis of data is required but the number of orchards peaked in around 1990 with approximately 4000 orchards. During the 1990s there was a period of consolidation with the number of orchards decreasing and the size increasing. The number of orchards has increased marginally since 1999 when there were 2843 registered orchards. Today there are just over 3000 registered kiwifruit orchards with an average size of 3.43 hectares (World Kiwifruit Review 2006, p.75). Almost half the orchards are between 2 and 5 hectares and another 30 per cent have less than 2 hectares. Fewer than 5 per cent of orchards contain over 10 hectares (Zespri 2006). While there is some multiple ownership of orchards, and some large orchards exceed 80 hectares, the number of individual producers is still large. Most of the large post harvest operators also now manage significant numbers of orchards to ensure supply of fruit for their operations. They provide the management expertise and organise the work across all leased orchards, generally using labour contractors, in order to gain efficiencies. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of growers joining cooperative post harvest operations. Post harvest operators compete for grower business on the basis of service, pricing and orchard gate return (Zespri 2006). KIWIFRUIT GROWING AND MANAGEMENT Updating................ What’s SupaVine?
What’s SupaVine?SupaVine cane control system is a unique, PATENTED stringing system for growing kiwifruit. Developed 6 years ago by engineer Andrew McIsaac in Paengaroa, New Zealand, it provides substantial benefits to the orchard owner and manager.
It is smart, easy, affordable and effective. SupaVine offers a string of grower benefits, including massive reductions in labour and reject rates, as well as increased fruit volumes of superior quality. It also improves air circulation throughout the canopy. SupaVine has been designed to:
SupaVine is manufactured by Steel Image Engineering, Paengaroa (Bay of Plenty).
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