Each year Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketer of South African apples and pears, opens its Heritage Orchard of old apple and pear varieties no longer in commercial production. The guided walkabout was held on Saturday 4 March by Tru-Cape experts Buks Nel and Henk Griessel, both from Somerset West. The Tru-Cape Heritage Orchard is on Oak Valley Estate in Elgin and was planted to maintain fruit genes for future generations.


Pictured among guests interested in a look-see were Sunil and Geetha Deenanath with Mala Pillay.

Frederick and Elaine Boshoff with Henk Griessel.

Vanessa, Kylie and Michael Dunn enjoyed the walkabout through the orchard.

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