Kees Oskam: “This season should be profitable for pear market”

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Wednesday 10 October 2018

Jan Oskam’s pear attracted a lot of attention during Fresh Market in Poland (On photo: Kees Oskam with his daughter Lisanne Oskam)

Most of the pears of Jan Oskam BV are grown and cultivated in Holland. This is done intensively in Neerijnen throughout the year. Jan Oskam BV controls the whole process, from planting and growing to distribution. Pears come in various sizes and different quality classes. Met during Fresh Market in Poland, General Director of Jan Oskam BV Kees Oskam shares with us some market trends.

“We have good pear crop this year, although this season was dry in our area. Thanks to good quality water together with drip irrigation, it was not a problem to get good sizes for pears: 70+ for Conference and 80+ for Lukas pears. We are satisfied and think this will be profitable season for pear business,” – explains Kees Oskam.

Company sells pears all over Europe: from Norway to Malta and from Canary Islands to Estonia. According to Mr. Oskam conference pears season this year has started for his company around 15^th of August, 2018 and he thinks they will have this sort at least till 15^th

of July 2019. As Lukas pears season is shorter, Kees expects to have them till middle of March, 2019.

“Apples season this year will be difficult in all Europe. There are many apples in all sizes, qualities, so we are happy that our main focus is pears,” – smiles Kees.

“Just some days ago in September we have finished new building 3700 m2. Brand new calibrating machinery and packing lines for both pears and apples were installed. Capacity is 80 000 kg a day. So we expect a lot from this season”, - finishes Mr. Oskam.

Interested to try Conference and Lukas pears from Jan Oskam BV? Come in Hall 10 stand F02 during Fruit Attraction in Madrid (October 23-25).

Contact:
+ 31 (30) 2320 420
info@janoskam.nl
http://www.janoskam.nl/