date:Mar 07, 2014
The Australian apple harvest got underway in mid January in the Riverland, Southern Australia with the Gala apples, while in Tasmania the harvest is just about to start.
Garry Langford, from APAL said the growing season has been good but some very hot weather in the middle of January caused some damage in Victoria. We are used to hot temperatures and it won't affect the overall volumes which will be just under 300,000 tonnes, around the same as last year.
The first variety harvested is Gala, a