Our cooperative owns 98 hectares of intensive apple plantations, spreading over five orchards in the Parvomay region, Plovdiv vicinity.
All our plantations are intensive, with M9 rootstocks. Our key varieties include:
Our apple trees vary in age between 1 and 11 years, with all trees during the last 5 years being supplied by the golden standard in the industry - Gruber Genetii and Vivai F.illi Zanzi.
The trees are spaced at 1.2 metres (for the older ones) and 0.80 metres from each other, with row spacing of 3.5 metres, which equals between 2800 and 3500 trees per hectare.
We use a Slender Spindle pruning system with a maximum height of 3.8-4 metres. Watering and feeding are carried out by automated drip irrigation systems.
Each of the gardens has a built supporting system of concrete pillars with a height of 4 metres and is fully covered by anti hail and insect nets. In addition, each one boasts its own infrastructure and personnel so they can all operate independently all year round and throughout all stages of production.
BUL APPLE EOOD., as an organization of fruit producers, is a beneficiary of a grant in the total amount of BGN 100,000.00 under sub-measure 22.2 "Extraordinary temporary support for small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine" from the Rural Development Program for the period 2014 - 2020, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Thanks to the financial support from the European Union, BUL APPLE EOOD achieved the objectives set out in the aid by opposing the inflationary processes resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, expressed in increasing prices for electricity, equipment and machinery, wages, etc. As a result of the assistance received, the company was able to overcome the imbalance in the agricultural products market and secure its business activity in the trade of quality and organically produced fruits.