Experts are counting on a rich apple harvest in the orchards of Germany, as reported by German website Proplanta.de. This year, a harvest of 80,000 tonnes of apples could be possible in the orchards, as the 'Verband der Deutschen Fruchtsaft-Industrie' (VdF) announced last Tuesday.
Throughout Germany, 250,000 hectares of top fruit orchards are found. Contrary to plantations with low trees in monoculture, different fruit varieties are growing here on high-stem trees of varying ages.
The rules for estimating the harvest are strict. Those who are estimating the harvest, have to stand at a certain distance from the tree. With special binoculars, they look at five subsequent counting planes on the tree, and count the number of apples. This way, ultimately a reasonably accurate harvest estimation is formed.
