South Canterbury Honeycrisp apples to be exported to the US market. Photo: SuppliedSouth Canterbury's two big apple growers have experienced mixed seasons. Red Martin, manager of MA Orchards at Levels near Temuka, said they had their best-ever season: 4200 tonnes of Honeycrisp apples harvested this year, well up on the previous year's 2300 tonnes. Andrew Forward, manager of Waipopo Orchards at Seadown, just north of Timaru, said it had not been quite as successful for them due mainly to wet weather in November and December. MA Orchards grows only Honeycrisp apples.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 23, 2019 16:41 UTC