Producers from São Paulo celebrate good harvest fig

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Producers celebrate good harvest

The climate of sun and rains interspersed in January favored the production of purple fig. In Valinhos, São Paulo, producers celebrate the good harvest of fruit  with the expected increase in sales. distant approximately 80 km from the state capital, Valinhos is responsible for the increased production of the country fig.Eighty producers grow purple variety-of-valinhos. The crop is geared to the domestic market and for export. 's first seedlings were taken to the county at the beginning of the last century by an Italian immigrant. In 1910, the fruit was already sold on a commercial scale. Since then, Valinhos became known as the capital of fig. On an area of 25 hectares, the grower ALCI Roberto Previtali has 31,000 feet of purple fig. Productivity is, on average, 300 tons of fruit each season. The harvest began in November and runs through March, and, according to the producer, is a good crop. - The weather helped as well. We harvested about 50% of production. Have a late harvest, which is from March to October, more or less, depending on weather. The late harvest gives a fig a little kid, but good quality - explains the grower. This year, 35% of the crop land of Previtali exported. The remaining production will supply the domestic market.