Hat-trick year for the founder of FLASH GALA ™ who now has two new Fuji strains too.
For most in the fruit growing community the discovery of just one commercially viable strain is a dream. It might be globally unheard of for one man to discover three new strains - each awarded Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) -
Spreading a love of reading along with an apple a day.
Have you heard the phrase: Ask a busy person if you want to get the job done? Pam Sue-Taylor, of Sonstraal Heights, Durbanville, lives up to that maxim as an executive assistant at a local media and television production company,
Agriculture is one of the few industries that can be left to future generations.
If you plant an apple or pear tree today you might have to wait up to five years before you see the first fruit and up to seven years before the tree is in full production. This means that money
Christel Fortuin is a star in the making.
Now that the rains have returned to the Boland, the farm road leading to the office at Lakeview Farm is muddy and the previously scorched and thirsty earth is now ready for the next crop of fruit. The nearby Theewaterskloof
The Tru-Cape Eselfontein MTB 2018 is in Ceres from October 12.
The most affordable MTB Challenge in the Western Cape is at Eselfontein in Ceres and is just around the corner. The three-stage Eselfontein MTB challenge starts on Friday October 12 with a gruelling night race, the main races are on
Boyes and Tunstead Victorious at the fundraising 2018 BUCO Karoo to Coast
The 2018 BUCO Karoo to Coast, supported by Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, was won by Craig Boyes and Pauline Tunstead in remarkably different fashions, on Sunday the 23rd of September. Boyes held off his breakaway companions in a sprint for the
Anton Alexander’s drive to up-skill himself is a bright light we can all follow.
Already married to Sophia and with two children, the youngest just two years old and the elder seven, Anton Alexander, 34 at the time, went back to school. “It was quite a challenge”, he says. Today Alexander is head of Human
Karoo 2 Coast race highlights our Langkloof growers
The famous Karoo 2 Coast race which highlights the contribution of the Langkloof area to the Cape's rich agricultural history. The adage that art imitates life may be truer than we think especially when it comes to the people and places
Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge 2018
Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge poster public 2018 Please click on the link above for all the info for Saturday's Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge.
Drought-driven fruit scarcity leads to educational campaign to support growers.
South Africa’s apple and pear production is down by more than 20% year-on-year as a result of drought conditions which will impact the amount of Tru-Cape fruit available on supermarket shelves. For Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African
