MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish fruit farmer Bernardo Ferrer was just about to harvest his crop of oranges and persimmon when deadly floods devastated vast tracts of farmland in the Valencia region.

An easy way to tell if oranges are ready to be harvested is to lightly pull them ... completely orange when ready while thin-skinned Valencia oranges still retain some green coloring mixed with ...

Oranges don’t sit around after harvest. He called and texted the processing officials that squeeze his Valencia oranges into juice. “Look, we need to harvest more. Can you help me?” ...

But if you’re buying a Valencia, navel ... “When you’re harvesting the fruits right off the tree, the oranges are generally nice and firm,” says Marquez. That means firmer oranges are ...

The CGA said key growing regions for Valencia oranges in Limpopo and Mpumalanga ... adverse climatic conditions during the growing and harvesting season. “Despite a decline in production ...

two-thirds of Spain’s citrus fruit production Valencia as a whole accounts for nearly two-thirds of citrus fruit production in Spain - the world's top exporter of oranges. Persimmon, a soft ...