A new focus on fruit: As organisers prepare for Fruit Focus, the fruit sector sees a promising future, says Brian

摘要

The future of top fruit production probably looks its most promising since the Fruit Focus exhibition was launched in 1976. And that sentiment is bound to be evident at this year's event, which -with new features like the demonstration area -promisesto be the best to date. Prospects also look good for soft fruit growers. Accordingto Berry Gardens' chief executive Nick Marston, by the first week of June strawberry production was "massively up on the same time last year and there were modest levels of price inflation". The raspberry season is also shaping up very well.