Sub tropical stonefruit in survival mode

By Jamie Brown
September 22 2016 - 4:30am
Robert and Robyn Hood, Newrybar via Bangalow, grow nearly 4000 low chill stone fruit trees on 4ha of red basalt soil and have been perfecting the art for decades but new realities frustrate these prime North Coast producers.
Robert and Robyn Hood, Newrybar via Bangalow, grow nearly 4000 low chill stone fruit trees on 4ha of red basalt soil and have been perfecting the art for decades but new realities frustrate these prime North Coast producers.

LOW chill stone fruit growers on the North Coast have seen their market window shrink by more than half as a result of  increased fruit from southern growers - particularly the Riverina and imports from America early in the season.

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