Kersiebome in Ceres hang swaar met glansrooi vrugte — ’n duidelike teken dat Tru-Cape se 2025-seisoen begin het. Met bykans ideale toestande hierdie lente, voorsien produsente ’n groter, uitmuntende oes as verlede jaar.
André Kritzinger is pas aangewys as die Jongboer van die Jaar in die Oos-Kaap. André staan nou in beheer van hierdie mega-boerdery nadat sy pa, Bokkie, enkele jare gelede tragies in ’n motorfietsongeluk oorlede is en hy noodgedwonge moes inspring. Dit is duidelik dat hy die leisels op Tulpieskraal stewig in albei hande het en presies weet waarheen hy oppad is.
hungry South Africans during Food Lover’s Market’s annual Hunger Month campaign, of which Tru-Cape has been a legacy partner since its inception eight years ago.
Italy’s favourite pear, Abate Fetel (pronounced as ah-BAH-tay fuh-TEL) of which Tru-Cape sells around 500 000 cartons a year, was named after a French monk in 1896. It is an heirloom varietal, originally bred in the mid-fifteenth century and instantly recognisable by its elegant, banana-shaped neck.
The last years have been challenging for one and all but, for Andre Cloete, a Tru-Cape apple and pear grower, near Greyton in the Western Cape’s Overberg region, it has been especially hard.
