More information about our fruit?
Our apple varieties are real winners and have certainly found their way to consumers. Our latest pride is the Evelina, but the always fresh Elstar, Golden Delicious and our other varieties are equally gorgeous!
In addition to these much-loved winners, we at Van Kessel Fruit have all originally Dutch varieties available for trade.
The most popular apple in the Netherlands with a red blush and yellow-green base
Harvest period: End of August - beginning of September
Taste: Fresh, juicy sweet and acidic in taste
Availability: August - June
Fresh-sweet with a solid bite, delicious and always of the same perfect quality!
Harvest period: End of September - beginning of October
Taste: Wonderfully sweet in taste and with a solid bite
Availability: October - July
Red and wonderfully solid and long-lasting as an eating apple or to be used in dishes
Harvest period: Mid to end of September
Taste: Fresh, juicy sweet and acidic in taste
Availability: Year round
A wonderful golden colour and delicious as an eating apple
Harvest period: End of September - beginning of October
Taste: Fresh, mildly acidic and sweet-juicy
Availability: September - July
Juicy, healthy and a fine treat in between meals: the pear. At VKF we have a wonderful assortment of pears. From the popular Doyenne du Comice, the sweet Conference, to the B.A. Lucas, which is a bit more coarse in structure and stands out with its special taste.
In addition to these varieties we have all originally Dutch varieties.
The most popular and most widely grown pear in the Netherlands
Harvest period: End of August - beginning of September
Taste: Soft-sweet and juicy or fresh and crunchy (unripe)
Availability: Year round
The queen among pears: a wonderful appearance and delicious taste!
Harvest period: Mid to end of September
Taste: Nice and juicy and fully sweet with a rich aroma
Availability: September - February
A delicious eating pear with a nice even shape
Harvest period: End of September - beginning of October
Taste: The highly recognisable taste is moderately sweet
Availability: September - March
This growing company is located near our headquarters in Velddriel. Fruit has been grown here for over 80 years. while in the early years it was predominantly varieties such as Cox, Golden Rennets and Golden Delicious that were grown, today Conference, Elstar and Evelina® cover the largest area of the growing surface.
At the location in Waardenburg a total of 25 hectares of top fruit is grown. Like in Velddriel, Elstar and Conference are grown predominantly at this location. Besides these two winners, we also grow Jona Redprince.
In 1994 we purchased this gem on the Zeeland island of Tholen in Oud-Vossemeer. Over the past years we only planted pear varieties here. At Oud-Vossemeer Conference (16 ha) and B.A. Lucas (9 ha) are currently grown.
Our own growing locations supply a major part of VKF’s total top fruit trade. All the other top fruit are purchased from Dutch growers.
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