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In the Western Cape where citrus producers are packing late navels, soft citrus like Fairchild and Valley Gold, with a bit of lemons, harvesting has ceased as the southwestern part of the province experiences a winter as it’s supposed to be: icy and very wet.<\/p>\n

Citrusdal has recorded 35mm over the past 24 hours, while it has been raining more or less continuously since the end of last week (right: Citrusdal orchard after recent rains).<\/p>\n

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Around Stellenbosch well over 100mm has fallen over the past few days and dams like the Clanwilliam Dam (only 23% full) are set to benefit from this rain.<\/p>\n

Many Citrusdal packhouses had volumes in their cold stores that have kept them busy for the first part of the week while rain disrupted actual harvesting.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n

Author | Source:<\/p>\n

Carolize Jansen<\/strong>
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In the Western Cape where citrus producers are packing late navels, soft citrus like Fairchild and Valley Gold, with a bit of lemons, harvesting has ceased as the southwestern part of the province experiences a winter as it’s supposed to be: icy and very wet. Citrusdal has recorded 35mm over the past 24 hours, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[404],"class_list":["post-8905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-citrus-colour-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCold in the Cape boosts citrus colour development - Firstfruits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cold in the Cape boosts citrus colour development. 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