Almost all the annual quantities of grapes handled by the company, comes from the region Pieria. The main varieties are Crimson Seedless, Autumn Royal Seedless, Black Magic and Sublima Seedless.
The bulk of production is absorbed by the Great Britain, Bulgarian and Romanian markets.
General data
The harvest of grapes is one of the oldest farming activities in Greece. The grape has a well-known
antioxidant and anticancerous operation and has been used from the Mediterranean people from the ancient years up to now.
The consumption of table grape is really important for the human diet, above all thanks to the soluble sugar in high percentage (around 18%).Grapes can be preserved in the refrigerator for a period of 10 to 15 days on average.
The main exported varieties of table grapes are:
Grapes Grimson
The grapes Grimson, is a cultivation of table grapes which has a great demand in the market because of its special quality characteristics. Generally it is a big sized grape.
Bunch: medium to large with an average weight of 500-600 gr. Pyramidal and loose.
Berry: elongated in size, deep red, firm and meaty flesh with excellent taste qualities. The trade maturity of grapes escalates, depending on the district and the cultivation method, from the end of September to the beginning of October.
Quality: depending on the size of berry, with 16 – 18 mm and 20 – 21 mm.
Refrigerator temperature: 0 – 10 C.
Harvest time: from 30 September to 3 November, depending maturation.
Packaging: Plastic box of 10 to 15 kgs or
Cardboard box of 5 and 10 kgs.
Grapes Autumn Royal
It is a sweet and tasty table variety of grapes without seeds, which can easily become one nice snack with fresh fruits for Autumn. The berry is long, crispy, black color. It is a durable variety of grapes, which can last up to December, in appropriate conditions of refrigeration and frost.
Quality: Berry 25-30 mm. The bunch varies up to 6 kilos.
Refrigerator temperature: 0 – 10 C.
Harvest time: from 15 September to 30 November, depending maturation.
Packaging: Plastic box of 10 to 15 kgs or
Cardboard box of 5 and 10 kgs.
Grapes Superior
It is on interesting variety of grapes with excellent quality characteristics, nice looking bunches and berries from medium to big sizes.
The flesh is crispy with neutral taste. The bunch is medium-big size with average weight up to 600-800 grams, of conical shape. The berry is big with average weight of 6-8 grams with elliptical-oval shape.
Among the best in its category, it is an early without seeds variety. Also it is crispy and sweet.
Quality: Early white with berries 20 – 22 mm.
Maturity: 16 – 170 brix
Refrigerator temperature: 0 – 10 C.
Harvest time: from 17 July to 30 September, depending maturation.
Packaging: Plastic box of 10 to 15 kgs or
Cardboard box of 5 and 10 kgs.
Grapes Black Magic
It is a table variety with seeds, very popular for the earliness as well as its taste. The bunch is medium large size, pyramidal shaped with weight varying from 300 - 700 grams. The berry is oval with weight 5 - 6 grams. The flesh is crispy, it has neutral taste with 14% sugars and good resistance to crushing. Its color is blue-black.
Refrigerator temperature: 0 – 10 C.
Harvest time: from 15 July to 10 August, depending maturation.
Packaging: Plastic box of 10 to 15 kgs or
Cardboard box of 5 and 10 kgs.
Grapes Sublima
Table grapes white, features the beauty of their appearance, and the fruit size and long durability in the refrigerator. It belongs to the Apirena variety, has a remarkable ripeness and a good bunch shape, is medium to large, conical, compact with a weight of 700 gr.The berries are large, pitted, drums - elliptical, with crisp flesh and aromatic taste, tasty, refreshing and yellow-green rind.
Refrigerator temperature: 0 – 10 C.
Harvest time: from 17 July to 10 August, depending maturation.
Packaging: Plastic box of 10 to 15 kgs or
Cardboard box of 5 and 10 kgs.
Harvest period and disposal:
Harvest period and disposal for all varieties of peaches, shown in the diagram below.