COT International's new selection of cherries and apricots

 

COT targets a European clientele: France is always a priority with the commercialization in preview of the latest innovations. Spain comes second with varieties with low requirements for cold temperature. Italy has a very wide climate range, from Piedmont to Sicily and can plant the entire range of TOC: from the earliest to the latest, more rustic varieties also. Then, to a lesser extent, Greece and Hungary.

 

The company develops each year with an improvement of the old varieties by news with superior fruit qualities and more homogeneous agronomic characteristics; An increase in the target countries and our nursery partners which allows us to increase our customer base.

 

 "I believe that our competitive advantage is our good image, linked to the quality of our products and our rigorous selection. Our goal is not to bring out many varieties but to sell varieties that we have observed over several years of selection and in different geographical and climatic locations - says Marie-Laure Etève-Lambertin

 

 "The novelty of the moment is the ROUGECOT®. It is a variety of apricot completely red, self-fertile, excellent taste and with good agronomic behavior and post-harvest - continues Ms. Etève-Lambertin

 

 Of course, to help us select or improve our knowledge of varieties, we work with a laboratory that uses molecular markers to check for self-fertility and inter-compatibility of varieties. He also works on Sharka resistance genes. This allowed us to highlight the resistance of 3 varieties: WONDER COT, LILLY COT and LADY COT. Other varieties are being tested "