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The FruITGrOwer • December 2016
O
Ne of t
he
h
ig
h
lig
h
ts of t
he
2016 Int
er
national Ston
e
F
ru
it conf
ere
n
ce
(ISFc)
w
as a liv
e
ly p
re
s
e
ntation
b
y
ro
b
Janss
e
n,
wh
o
he
ads
u
p t
he
Janss
e
n f
ru
it fa
rm
.
his talk fo
cu
s
e
d on t
he
fa
m
ily’s goal to p
r
od
uce
top-q
u
ality
cherr
i
e
s, t
he
be
st of
wh
i
ch
a
rem
a
r
k
e
t
e
d
u
nd
er
t
he
c
er
isa
br
and.
c
er
isa N
e
t
her
lands
w
as fo
u
nd
e
d in 2003
w
it
h
willi
e
bo
uwm
ans and Sjaakwal
r
av
e
n,
w
it
h
a
m
ission to p
r
od
uce
t
he
‘
w
o
r
ld’s
be
st
cherr
i
e
s’. D
e
s
cr
i
be
d as t
he
‘rolls roy
ce
’ of
cherr
i
e
s,
w
it
h
a
m
ini
mum
siz
e
of 28
mm
, t
he
y a
re
sold
e
x
c
l
u
siv
e
ly t
hr
o
u
g
h
r
u
ngis in t
he
N
e
t
her
lands andb
e
lgi
um
.
Top q
u
ality
re
sta
ur
ants a
re
p
re
pa
re
d to pay t
he
asking p
r
i
ce
of
€30 fo
r
a 2kg
b
ox of c
er
isa
cherr
i
e
s,
bu
t ro
b
c
on
ce
d
e
s t
h
at
t
hem
a
r
k
e
t fo
r
t
h
is top-
e
nd f
ru
it is s
m
all, and t
h
at t
he
fa
rm
e
a
r
ns its
m
on
e
y f
r
o
m
t
heme
di
um
-q
u
ality vol
ume
s
e
g
me
nt.
On t
he
s
ec
ond day of t
he
p
r
o
cee
dings conf
ere
n
ce
d
e
l
e
gat
e
s visit
e
d t
he
fa
rm
sit
u
at
e
d on t
he
o
u
tski
r
ts of t
he
villag
e
of D
ee
st, in t
he
e
ast of t
he
N
e
t
her
lands n
e
a
r
Nij
me
g
e
n.
T
he
6.2
h
a of
cherr
i
e
s a
re
divid
e
d into t
hree
b
lo
c
ks, all of
wh
i
ch
a
re
plant
e
d
w
it
h
Ko
r
dia andr
e
gina onGis
e
la 3
r
ootsto
c
ks.
ro
b
rec
kons t
he
s
e
a
re
t
he
be
st t
w
o va
r
i
e
ti
e
s.
h
e
e
xplain
e
d t
h
at t
he
fa
rm
h
isto
r
i
c
ally g
rew
soft f
ru
it and
p
e
a
r
s. T
he
soft f
ru
it
w
as
e
v
e
nt
u
ally p
h
as
e
d o
u
t and
re
pla
ce
d
w
it
h
cherr
i
e
s, and
he
ad
m
its t
h
at
whe
n t
he
y fi
r
st sta
r
t
e
d
g
r
o
w
ing
cherr
i
e
s t
he
y kn
ew
not
h
ing a
b
o
u
t t
he
cr
op. “T
h
is
w
as
a
b
ig advantag
e
,
bec
a
u
s
ewewere
not
b
ias
e
d to
w
a
r
ds any
pa
r
ti
cu
la
r
syst
em
.” It
h
as
bee
n a
r
apid l
e
a
r
ning
cur
v
e
.
Passionat
e
a
b
o
u
t t
he
cr
op,
he
is
c
onvin
ce
d of t
he
i
m
po
r
tant
r
ol
e
t
he
fa
rm
s
h
op plays. “w
e
n
ee
d to
c
onn
ec
t
w
it
h
o
ur
cu
sto
mer
s and t
he
f
ee
d
b
a
c
k
we
g
e
t f
r
o
m
t
hem
is
cruc
ial.”
T
he
fa
m
ily took t
he
d
ec
ision a f
ew
y
e
a
r
s ago to
c
ov
er
t
he
i
r
cherr
y t
ree
s,
wh
i
ch
is a
b
ig iss
ue
fo
r
t
hem
. “In o
ur
c
li
m
at
e
it is
v
er
y i
m
po
r
tant t
h
at yo
u
c
ov
er
f
ru
it,”
he
said. “It is g
e
tting to
t
he
stag
e
no
w
t
h
at so
me
g
r
o
wer
s a
re
c
ov
er
ing t
he
land fi
r
st
be
fo
re
planting.” T
he
old
e
st of t
he
t
hree
o
rch
a
r
ds is
O
rch
a
r
d
c
ov
er
s
e
ss
e
ntial fo
r
D
u
t
ch
p
r
od
ucer
of
p
rem
i
um
q
u
ality
cherr
i
e
s
The Janssen family grows 6.2ha of cherries and 18ha of pears in theNetherlands. Steven
Vale took a tour of the orchards.
