Prunus armeniaca
Early Ninfa from Mersin in May, Malatya main crop through July.
Fruits
Turkey is the largest apricot producer in the world, and Malatya alone accounts for most of it — though the bulk of that goes to drying rather than to the fresh trade. Our fresh programme is built on the coastal early varieties and the Malatya fresh selections.
Ninfa and Aurora out of Mersin and Antalya open in the second week of May under protected cultivation, which is three to four weeks ahead of the Malatya crop and is where the value sits. Roxana and the Malatya fresh lines run June into July.
Apricot is climacteric and it is picked at a compromise: firm enough to travel, mature enough to develop sugar. Picked green it never sweetens, only softens. We pick to a defined ground-colour and pressure spec per destination, and for anything beyond a 10-day transit we recommend a controlled-ripening protocol at destination rather than a riper pick.
Wording follows EU Regulation 1924/2006. Confirm permitted claims for your destination market.
4 varieties
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The earliest variety and the one that opens the Turkish fresh apricot season under protected cultivation in Mersin. Medium, oval, bright orange with a red blush over about a third of the fruit. Brix 12–14°, firm at pick, and it colours well without being fully ripe.
An early variety a week behind Ninfa, larger and rounder with a deeper orange ground and more extensive blush. Brix 12–15°, firm flesh and a freestone pit. Better transit tolerance than Ninfa.
A large mid-season variety with firm orange flesh and the best handling tolerance in our range. Brix 13–16°, freestone, and it holds pressure long enough for sea freight to eastern Europe. The volume fresh variety from mid-June.
The classic Malatya variety and the backbone of the dried trade, but sold fresh in July as a small, intensely sweet, deep-orange fruit at 18–22° brix. Very high sugar and a distinctive aroma. Small size and soft flesh limit it to short-transit fresh programmes.
Calendar
| Product | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NinfaFruits | ||||||||||||
| AuroraFruits | ||||||||||||
| RoxanaFruits | ||||||||||||
| HacıhaliloğluFruits |
Origin
Sizes
Grading follows UNECE standards. Other calibers on request.
| Sizes | Ø mm | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 4A | ≥ 55 | extra large |
| 3A | 50–55 | large |
| 2A | 45–50 | medium-large |
| A | 40–45 | medium |
| B | 35–40 | small |
Storage
Recommended regime from our cold rooms to your door.
Reefer set +1 °C. Climacteric — carries ethylene, do not mix-load. Beyond 10 days, ripen at destination rather than picking riper.
Indicative reference values. Not a substitute for a certificate of analysis.
Packaging
Every option below ships on standard pallets. Net weight per container is computed from the pallet configuration.
| Type | Net kg | Dimensions mm | Per pallet | Pallets / 40′ | Net / 40′ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-layer carton with tray | 5 | 500 × 300 × 110 | 160 | 21 | 16,800 |
| Two-layer carton | 8 | 500 × 300 × 165 | 96 | 21 | 16,128 |
| Punnet carton, 8 × 500 g | 4 | 400 × 300 × 130 | 168 | 21 | 14,112 |
| Wooden crate | 10 | 600 × 400 × 140 | 72 | 20 | 14,400 |
Select a packing option to see pallet configuration and net load for apricot.
Figures are for a standard 40′ high-cube reefer, single-stacked. Actual load varies with pallet type, chilling regime and destination weight limits — confirm on the quotation.
Products
Fruits · HS 0809.29
Prunus avium
Ziraat 0900 — 28 mm+, air-freighted from late May. The shortest and most demanding window we run.
Fruits · HS 0810.10
Fragaria × ananassa
Silifke under protection from December — a winter berry when most of Europe has none.
Fruits · HS 0807.19
Cucumis melo
Galia from May, Kırkağaç and Ananas through the summer into October.
Send us the products, months and destination — we come back with a quotation, not a brochure.