The cherry season has begun

Because of the warm spring weather, the harvest of the early cherry types has begun. This year the volume of fruit can reach 20,000 tonnes – the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) told MTI on Tuesday.

It has been noted that, depending on the spring and summer weather, the volume of the crop was between 15 to 20,000 tonnes in the last five years.

In Hungary cherry is cultivated on 2800 hectares. The largest production areas are in Pest (about 600 hectares), Heves (500 hectares), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (430 hectares) and Bács-Kiskun (340 hectares) counties. (MTI)