Delicious ENVY apples almost ready for picking!
The anticipation is building here at Fairfield Orchards in Riwaka as our ENVY apples near the moment of harvest! While the orchard looks peaceful at first glance, there’s a lot happening behind the scenes to ensure we bring you the best quality fruit.
Envy is an apple variety developed in New Zealand in 2008. Striped Red with a yellow-green undertones, it has a firm white flesh that resists browning when cut.
Envy is one of our personal favourites here at Fairfield with its sweet refreshing palette and great keeping qualities. All our Envy are exported by T & G and harvest begins soon.
One of the key steps in this process is blowing leaves off the trees. This allows the sun to shine directly onto the fruit, giving the apples that perfect, crisp colour you know and love. We also use white cloths placed carefully around the apples. The cloths work to reflect the sunlight, helping the fruit develop a beautiful, rosy glow on the bottom.
As we move closer to harvest, the ENVY apples are reaching their peak, ready to be picked at the perfect moment to offer you their signature sweetness and crunch. Stay tuned as we prepare to pick these delectable apples!