Mango season set to be a bumper
CONOR BYRNE
| September 1st, 2011
It is looming as a bumper mango harvest this year. Haig and wife Anne Arthur under the banyan tree that led to them buying the property. Picture: JUSTIN SANSON
TERRITORY mango growers have started picking fruits in what is said to be the NT's biggest harvest in years.
Kensington pride mangoes are already in the shops while the wait for the calypso variety will be a little longer.
Acacia Hills farm owner Haig Arthur said the Calypso production in the Top End would be bigger this year.
Calypso are a redder fruit and will be in the shelves of the big supermarkets in October. They make up between 25 to 30 per cent of the national market share.
Mr Arthur is preparing for a bumper harvest of about 1.3 million kilograms.
A heavy flowering in the Dry is part of the reason.
But producers hold their cards close to their chest because too many mangoes can affect the price and Mr Arthur is no exception.
"There's no reason to say it's not going to be an excellent season," he said.
"The cold is a good signal to trees to flower more.
"Heavy flowering is a good sign."
Read more on this story in your copy of today's NT News.
It is looming as a bumper mango harvest this year. Haig and wife Anne Arthur under the banyan tree that led to them buying the property. Picture: JUSTIN SANSON
TERRITORY mango growers have started picking fruits in what is said to be the NT's biggest harvest in years.
Kensington pride mangoes are already in the shops while the wait for the calypso variety will be a little longer.
Acacia Hills farm owner Haig Arthur said the Calypso production in the Top End would be bigger this year.
Calypso are a redder fruit and will be in the shelves of the big supermarkets in October. They make up between 25 to 30 per cent of the national market share.
Mr Arthur is preparing for a bumper harvest of about 1.3 million kilograms.
A heavy flowering in the Dry is part of the reason.
But producers hold their cards close to their chest because too many mangoes can affect the price and Mr Arthur is no exception.
"There's no reason to say it's not going to be an excellent season," he said.
"The cold is a good signal to trees to flower more.
"Heavy flowering is a good sign."
Read more on this story in your copy of today's NT News.
