Apricots
Tasty new NZ apricots are on their way
1 Jun 2018
Disappointing apricots could be a thing of the past thanks to the work of Plant and Food Research scientists in Clyde. They're breeding new apricot cultivars that should be a hit with both consumers… Audio
Training Trees
25 May 2018
Plant and Food Research is trialing a radically new way of growing trees. It is training them to grow like candelabra. Audio
'Fruit Bowl of the South' smashes Spring heat records
1 Dec 2017
The central Otago township of Cromwell has seen Spring heat records smashed, with the rising mercury ripening apricots so early they've been harvested from one orchard in November, for the first time.
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