Honey Belle™ harvest underway

Freshmax New Zealand, is happy to announce that the beautifully sweet, early season Honey Belle™ Pear is currently being harvested all around Hawkes Bay and Nelson, New Zealand.

The fruit quality is looking outstanding according to Greg Cassidy, Sales Manager. “We are really excited about the 2018 season. Current reports show we are going to be heading into a positive market with some superb quality fruit.”

The pack-house are busy carefully packing the pears for export to the Asia, USA, Canada and the Middle East markets. “We are very excited to start the 2018 shipping season and get the pears on the water to our eagerly waiting customers.” continues Cassidy.

We are very excited to start the 2018 shipping season and get the pears on the water to our eagerly waiting customers

Honey Belle™ Pears are also available in supermarkets within New Zealand from Mid January.

Honey Belle™ Pears are a pear brand exclusively marketed by Freshmax across New Zealand and to export markets around the world. The Freshmax Group is an Australasian-based fresh produce marketer and distributor with primary offices in Australia and New Zealand and operations around the Pacific Rim run by international arm Valley Fresh. The Group has a growing presence in the apple and pear sector managing retail programs via Freshmax’s domestic and export operations and export programs through Valley Fresh.