FruitVeB: hard-shell plants suffered the most due to the cold Easter weather

On the basis of the preliminary surveys, this year's Easter frost caused larger damages in the orchards of the country than last year – said Mártonffy Béla, president of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organisation and Product Board (FruitVeB) on Tuesday in Budapest.

The President told MTI, that the extent of frost damage last year ranged from 25 to 30 percent. This year the figure may reach 40 to 50 percent at several fruit species. He added that in some places even greater damages may also occur, because this year the frost affected the whole agriculture area of the country.
According to the preliminary inspections, the largest damages occur in apricot,  peach, cherry, sour cherry and plum plantations. (MTI)