The plum industry in the Republic of Croatia
2019
Bisko, A. | Jelacic, T. | Miloloza, D. | Savic, Z. | Brus, K.
This paper presents data on plum production in Croatia, including plant material production, plantation area, fruit production and the trade balance of fresh fruit and processed products (import-export). Plum (Prunus domestica L.) is a popular fruit species in Croatia. It is grown in home gardens, on small family farms and large plantations. Compared to other fruit species, it comes second in acreage, occupying 18.28% of all fruit orchards (5014.9 ha of plum orchards out of 27,431.86 ha of fruit orchards). According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, less than 20,000 t plums are produced annually in Croatia. Plum production is not sufficient to cover the needs of the domestic market, so about 1640 t of fresh fruit are imported annually. Based on 10-year data, the most common rootstock is Prunus cerasifera L. ‘Myrobalana’ (98.97%), while the most common cultivar is ‘Cacak Beauty’ (21.94%), followed by ‘Cacak Rich’ (20.62%), ‘Stanley’ (15.58%) and ‘Cacak Best’ (10.68%). The average number of trees ha-1 is 398. Of the total number of registered trees, only 5.2% are grown in the Adriatic part of Croatia, and the remaining 94.8% (4,752.4 ha) in the continental part. In the past decade, modern experimental orchards have been established on less-vigorous rootstocks (‘WaxWa’ and ‘Wavit’) in combination with economically valuable cultivars, mainly German selections. Annual Croatian plum imports amount to 1,644.2 t fresh plums and 548.4 t dried plums, while exports include 398.9 t plum brandy.
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