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About ten years ago, Branko Latinović from Elemir, near Zrenjanin, planted several walnut trees.
He planted them successively each year, so that today there are 85 trees that give a beautiful harvest, writes Dnevnik from Novi Sad.
“My idea was that when I retired, I would have a job and additional income,” says Branko Latinović.
“And that was true for me. Today, on two acres of land near the Tisza, in Babatovo, I have an orchard of 85 trees. I inherited the field and asked what could be done there because it is near the Tisza and the land can be irrigated I knew I don’t want grain or corn. First I wanted to plant apricots, then I heard that they go well with walnuts. And in the end it turned out that there was a walnut orchard left. I also had apricots, but they are ephemeral, and I picked them, “he says Latinović.
He formed the orchard with the help of expert advice from the Novi Sad Institute for Fruit Growing.
“I planted nuts successively, a few trees a year. I listened to all the advice and today I am very satisfied. The walnut is not a demanding fruit, but you have to take care of pests. The most dangerous is the nut fly, which attacks before the end of summer. It can no longer be saved. That’s why you have to take care, be careful, spray when you need it and as it should be, and the harvest can be preserved, ”explains Latinović.
The walnut has started to ripen in the last twenty days. Harvesting is, in fact, collecting fruits that fall.
“For now, we can do the harvest ourselves, and the children help us. Not all the walnuts are in full performance, as I planted them successively, so now they bear fruit. The walnuts begin to reach their full yield at age age fifteen. Walnuts can live to be 50. “It’s getting old and growing. The older you get, the more fertile you are. So I’m going to have to hire additional manpower next year, “he says.
When the harvest is over, the nuts are packed into mesh bags and allowed to air dry. Then comes the “crunch”.
“We sell clean walnuts, which in recent years have kept the price from 800 to 1,000 dinars per kilo. I am satisfied with that price. We sell them from home, over the Internet, and I also have a buyer who sells them on the market afterwards,” notes Latinović.
Serbia does not produce enough nuts for its own needs, so stone fruit is imported, mainly from Turkey.
“When they import it too much, the price of national food goes down. That is not a good message for producers. But that is the case of all cultures,” says the interlocutor from Dnevnik.
This branch of agriculture is under-represented in Serbia and can generate a return of up to 10,000 euros.
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