date:Dec 10, 2013
akes up to two weeks to reach 60 to 70 per cent of yellow stage. By the time fruit reaches supermarket shelves, it is 80 per cent yellow and ready for the consumer to buy.
Mr Scurr said the Honey Gold variety was ideal for commercial production as trees produced approximately 15 tonnes per hectare - four times the industry average.
Trees start producing fruit in their fourth year, reaching full production by year 10, he stated
Piata Farms was looking to expand Honey Gold plantings in northern