Tasting the past at Heritage Orchard Open Day
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
You can cheer for maths the way you do for sports
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 celebrates 20 years in business
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
2020 was a solid year for the SA fruit industry despite the many challenges.
After a strong finish in 2020 with double-digit growth in apple and pear sales compared to the previous year, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, is positive about the year ahead. While uncertain market conditions such
Aurora Farm is a bright star.
Although wheat, oats and animal feed accounts for the largest amount of land used and the cattle, Limosin and Angus breeds, are an important part of the business, pear and apple sales are the bright new dawn for Aurora Farm,
What it takes to be the best at Wakkerstroom
For Robert Zulch and son, Fourie what it takes to be the best grower on their farm Wakkerstroom in Ceres’ Witzenberg Valley is the following recipe: Produce the fruit the market wants, in the best quality and in the right
Fresh & Healthy Eats brought to you by Tru-Cape
As the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing knows that apples and pears can be enjoyed as thoroughly as a fresh snack right from the fridge or sliced, cooked or baked into delicious dishes. With this
Mulled apple cake
Edd Kimber, the first Great British Bake Off winner, is one of the UK's best-loved bakers and the author of four baking books (his latest, One Tin Bakes, is out now). Find more of his recipes on olivemagazine.com from where
Happy birthday Buks Nel
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
Ceres winners share insights on radio and TV
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




