• Grapefruit

  January 1, 1970

  pomelo ( C. maxima ) and an orange ( C. sinensis ) and comes in many varieties. The most popular varieties today are the blood-red, pink and white pulp colours

• Pepper

  January 1, 1970

  includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild bell pepper and hot peppers in jalapeno and habanero. The pepper plant is native to tropical America. Pepper [...] transplanting seedlings in a greenhouse environment. Plant height can vary depending on species and variety. Tall varieties grown in commercial greenhouses [...] greenhouse technology has allowed for an increase in per crop harvest from 2-3 months in the field to 8-9 months in a greenhouse environment.

• Broccoli

  January 1, 1970

  looks a bit like a tree and branches out from a single thick, edible stalk. Broccoli (both the head and the stalk) can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable

• Raspberry

  January 1, 1970

  species has its origins in Europe and northern Asia, but nowadays the fruit is being extensively produced in other temperate regions. In North America, the [...] idaeus and R. strigosus. The fruit of the raspberry plant is red, tasty and sweet but tart-flavoured. Raspberries are a seasonal fruit and produced in summer

• Mango

  January 1, 1970

  the world and it has become one of the largest cultivated products in the tropics. Mango trees grow up to 35-40 meters (115-131 feet) tall and its crown [...] the flowering plant genus Mangifera and the cashew family Anacardiaceae . Mangoes are indigenous to South Asia and from this area the ‘common mango’ or [...] crown can expand to 10 metres (33 feet) wide. The trees can grow really old and from some species of trees, mangoes can be harvested for 300 years. It takes

• Apple

  January 1, 1970

  known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate from Asia and Europe and were grown there for thousands of years, before [...] tree to North America. The deciduous apple tree belongs to the rose family and is now cultivated for its fruit all over the world. It is the most common

• Olive

  January 1, 1970

  species in the family Oleaceae. The olive tree is an evergreen tree or shrub. It is native to the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa. Various pests and diseases [...] oleae or Bactrocera oleae) which lays its eggs in the olive. Also the fungus cycloconium oleaginum and the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa cause damage to

• Pomegranate

  January 1, 1970

  between 5 and 8 metres (16 and 26 feet) tall. The pomegranate was originally cultivated near modern-day Iran and spread to the Mediterranean region and northern [...] edible fruit is actually a berry and with regards to size sits between a lemon and grapefruit, 5–12 cm (2.0–4.7 in) in diameter. [...] northern India. The tree’s flowers are an attractive, bright red and usually have three to seven petals. Some varieties that do not bear fruit are cultivated

• Less use of chemical pesticides due to Natutec Scout

  January 1, 1970

  previous ones. ''This facilitates the rapid identification of trends and shifts in pest and disease development. Of particular note is the utilization of the [...] e, and profitable. Natutec Scout provides more precise information about disease and pest populations, enabling the early detection of hotspots and targeted [...] Excel sheets with rows full of scout data about disease and pest pressure is over for good at Scheurs in De Kwakel since they switched to Natutec Scout . Koppert's

• Chili pepper

  January 1, 1970

  millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in diameter) and acrid, their shape is ellipsoid-conical to lanceolate. The fruit (the peppers) usually develop from a pale yellow [...] are white and have a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla. The plant’s berries are very small (10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 inch) long and 3–7 millimetres [...] yellow to a bright red when ripe. Varieties can come in other colours as well.