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Golden Delicious still Ukrainian growers' most favorite apple variety
Golden Delicious still remains Ukrainian growers' most favorite apple variety despite the fact that its share has been gradually decreasing in total production, according to the results of the fundamental study «Apple Business in Ukraine, Russia & Kazakhstan — 2016: Present Situation and Prospects in Growing, Storage, Handling, Processing and Marketing».
Golden Delicious accounted for the share of 27% in Ukrainian total apple production in 2012. However, it has gone down to 21% by 2015. Its share in areas under apple orchards in Ukraine also decreased from 26% to 22%.
Nevertheless, Golden Delicious managed to remain the leader among varieties grown by Ukrainian apple growers, and the sector analysts believe that this variety stands a good chance to regain its popularity in the nearest time.
«Our survey has shown that Ukrainian growers more often prefer Golden Delicious and Gala varieties when laying out new orchards. As a result, we expect production of those apples to start growing again in the nearest years», Fruit-Inform analysts comment.