At Remhoogte, we annually produce and harvest 16 000 tonnes of apples and pears. These are packed into 1 000 000 cartons of which 60% are for the export market and 25% is for the local market. The remaining 15% are processed to apple concentrate and is the basis for many fruit juice products across the world, including apple ciders and Appletiser [a member of the Coca-Cola Family].
Post harvesting procedure include the latest technology in cooling and packing at our own facilities on the farm. Here we pack the fruit in one of our own brands, or for other distributors in one of their branded cartons.
"We annually produce and harvest 16 000 tonnes of apples and pears..."
We deliver 1 million cartons of fruit per season, divided by the various cultivars as listed below:
Goldens Delicious Apples | 445 500 |
Granny Smith Apples | 210 000 |
Fuji Apples | 18 000 |
TopRed Apples | 145 500 |
Pink Lady Apples | 16 500 |
Royal Gala Apples | 113 500 |
Cripps Red Apples | 15 000 |
Forel Pears | 6 000 |
Packhams Triumph Pears | 20 000 |
Williams Bon Chretien Pears | 10 000 |
TOTAL | 1 000 000 |
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