February 2021

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is wholly owned by its apple and pear growers and is the largest exporter of South African apples and pears. Each year Tru-Cape opens its Heritage Orchard at Oak Valley Estate in Elgin to the public to

Elgin Waste Management is an Enterprise Development project to grow entrepreneurial skills in matriculants. The business is owned by the Two-a-Day Educational Trust (51%) which funds tertiary education in any subject to qualifying applicants and 49% is held by Elgin

A high pack-out percentage of FLASH GALA ™ apples is expected based on the first samples taken when picking began in the Ceres valley recently. Fruit from the Elgin, Grabouw, Villiersdorp and Vyeboom valleys also looks very good says Tru-Cape

Harvest forecasts are sometimes nearer to crystal-ball gazing than to true science and massive fluctuations are often the norm rather than the exception.  Witzenberg Properties in Ceres, was nearly spot-on with its forecast of 130 tons of cherries delivering 132 tons

The very first apple picked in the Company’s Garden, Cape Town on April 17, 1662 can be tasted again for the first time in eons. The Witte Wijnappel is recorded in the diary of the first Dutch Governor, and is growing

The school year has started and for a great many of us maths and science are subjects that even as adults fill us with terror. But, with the onset of the fourth industrial revolution, maths, science and computing skills are

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, celebrated 20 years in business today with a festive apple and cinnamon toffee cake and cupcakes for the team.  Here’s to the next 20 years of continued success. Celebrating Tru-Cape's