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By Cameron Wilson
Monday, 10/03/2008
From Paris to Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, each summer Tasmanian cherries can be found in markets around the world. So this year Bruny Island grower Jon Grunseth decided to follow his crop, and see for himself how his cherries looked once they hit the shelf.With production at his orchard expected to hit 300 tonnes in the coming seasons, the tour was also about finding new customers for the fruit. The journey started at the Fruit Logistica expo in Berlin before heading to Paris and onto Asia. "43,000 people come to this 3 day fair to look at fruit and vegetables.""We had the only cherries in the entire show, we flew in fresh fruit for the show and handed it out as samples."John Grunseth says the 32 mm cherries generated significant new customer interest."The obvious candidates Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, in fact Russia last year was our largest country we shipped to. We had buyers from mainland China, India."
In this report: Jon Grunseth, Black Devil Cherries on Bruny Island.
Monday, 10/03/2008
From Paris to Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, each summer Tasmanian cherries can be found in markets around the world. So this year Bruny Island grower Jon Grunseth decided to follow his crop, and see for himself how his cherries looked once they hit the shelf.With production at his orchard expected to hit 300 tonnes in the coming seasons, the tour was also about finding new customers for the fruit. The journey started at the Fruit Logistica expo in Berlin before heading to Paris and onto Asia. "43,000 people come to this 3 day fair to look at fruit and vegetables.""We had the only cherries in the entire show, we flew in fresh fruit for the show and handed it out as samples."John Grunseth says the 32 mm cherries generated significant new customer interest."The obvious candidates Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, in fact Russia last year was our largest country we shipped to. We had buyers from mainland China, India."
In this report: Jon Grunseth, Black Devil Cherries on Bruny Island.
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