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Pomegranates
Fruit Farming in South Africa
Pomegranates in South Africa are either a completely mystical fruit or one that is a fond memory from childhood when bushy shrubs grew in grandparents' gardens.
Between 2012 and 2018 South African pomegranate exports to the Middle East has grown by 455%.
Since the 2000’s this healthy fruit has evolved into a booming export industry, especially stimulated by recent funding, which opened up new export markets for pomegranates from South Africa.
This section deals with a generic view of the pomegranate industry in South Africa and stresses the need for good soil development prior to planting and the often-underestimated water requirements of this fruit.
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The mature pomegranate is a complex fruit with an edible internal part and a hard skin that contains the colour pigment anthocyanin....
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Pomegranates can be marketed whole as fresh fruit or processed and sold as arils, juice or as pomegranate seed oil. Pomegranates are easy to...
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The commercial production of pomegranates requires regular manual labour to ensure large healthy fruit of good colour. Management practices ...
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Called ‘seeded apple’ or Punica granatum in Latin, the pomegranate spread east and west through the hot, dry regions of India, Asia Mino...
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