Deciduous fruit
Pome fruit (apples, pears) and Stone fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots)
Category: Horticulture
Cut flowers
Introduction South Africa has a diverse and highly suitable natural environment for the production of flowers. Indoor and outdoor production occurs across differing climactic regions of South Africa. Most commonly produced products include Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemum, Proteas, Foliage, Gypsophila, Limonium and a wide range of seed grown flowers e.g. Lisianthus, Delphinium, Helianthus, Limonium, Grasses, Craspedia, […]
Citrus Fruit
Oranges, soft citrus, grapefruit, and lemons and limes
Berries and exotic fruit
Introduction Berry farming is capital intensive and export orientated. It is also labour intensive, and so has been championed as a crop of national interest by government for its employment and earner of foreign exchange potential. Berries are sold as fresh produce, and so the post harvest process from the field to the customer plays […]