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Ukrainian apple production varietal structure changes
Ukrainian professional growers’ apple varietal structure has somewhat changed over the past 5 years, according to Fruit-Inform.
Golden Delicious is still the leading apple variety in Ukraine. However, its share has decreased from 23% to 21% over the past 5 years.
Reinette Simirenko has maintained its second position in the ranking with its current share amounting to 17% against 15% five years ago.
Meanwhile, with the share of 11%, Jonagold ranked third in 2015 against entering the group of top three leading varieties 5 years before.
Fuji, Champion and Florina also show rather high growing rates: each variety accounted for 3% of Ukrainian professional growers’ apple production, while 5 years ago they had not entered the group of top ten varieties.
A decrease in Ukrainian growers’ interest in Jonathan variety should also be mentioned. Meanwhile, professional producers of apples more often say about Topaz, Pinova, Ligold, Liberty and Edera varieties.