December 2020

Tru-Cape’s New Variety expert, and the founder of the Bigbucks, Shortie and Fuji Royal apple varieties, Buks Nel, turned 80-years old this month. Tru-Cape extends our warmest congratulations. Read this profile piece about him as published, in Afrikaans, in the Landbouweekblad

Fourie Zulch of Wakkerstroom Two of Tru-Cape’s most recently acclaimed Ceres growers share their knowledge and insights in radio interviews on Radio Sonder Grense’s Landbou and also on PlaasTV. Click on the hyperlinks to listen to the interviews with Mario du

Ravneet Gill writing in The Telegraph Newspaper (www.Telegraph.co.uk) came up with this brilliant and super-easy recipe for Sherry-baked pears stuffed with chocolate and marzipan. Prep time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 40 minutes MAKES   Three pears, enough for four to six people INGREDIENTS  3 large Conference

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, is wholly owned by the growers from Ceres Fruit Growers and Two-a-Day in Grabouw. Well over half of all the apples and pears produced in South Africa are