translated from Spanish: The plum season is over with low prices

Rosario.- The plum season in the municipality of Rosario came to an end, the producers of this delicious fruit are cheerful because the weather favored them and did not rain or cloud as in previous years, because this caused damage to their harvest. The ciralotans and Matatán say that the fruit has already come out and most sold, with the exception of some that still remain on coasts, but in the coming days will surely sell it.

Good season
Matatán’s trustee, Moisés Rivera Juárez, said all the fruit was harvested, unlike last year that mid-season the rains did not allow it, this year there was a little less plum in the trees and the price was lower last year , since the maximum cost was 25 pesos, while last year it reached 30 pesos a kilo. HELP US Click the Google News star and follow usRivera Juárez commented that in the area belonging to the union of Matatán, from Chilillos and also the Rosario mountain range, estimates there are about 250 hectares planted by these fruit trees, producing approximately one tonne per hectare this year.Reported that the plum season this 2019 began from May 20 and culminated in mid-June, when many people were employed in the harvesting of the fruit. 

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