Picked at the right hour
Crews start at first light, choosing by taste and touch rather than colour alone.
Shop orchard apples
Bins reach the cool rooms within hours, where field heat is drawn out overnight.
Grading tables size every piece before it meets the ventilated 5kg export carton.
From branch to box
Picking
Dawn rounds with padded bags; stems kept intact for storage life.
Cooling
Forced-air rooms pull the day's warmth out before nightfall.
Sizing
Optical tables sort by diameter and finish, batch by batch.
Packing
Ventilated cartons, block labels on, dispatch by week's end.