date:Sep 29, 2019
re not yet in bloom. In any case, the flowering in the Langkloof will take place later than in the Western Cape. This is probably due to a warm and dry winter.
The early fruit is looking good and the growers hope that there will not be another heat wave in October, as was the case in 2018, as this took a severe toll on the country's pear and plum harvest. The flowering time is about average and the winter has certainly contributed to this. Growers in the Cape would have preferred to have more r