Month by month
Spanish oranges in April, our last month
April is the last month of our campaign and the narrowest one in it. Navel Lane Late is the only variety still inside its window, and the single planting declared behind it sits in Alfara del Patriarca. The window closes in the second fortnight, which makes an April conversation a closing one rather than an opening one.
The figures
| Month | April |
|---|---|
| On the tree in this area | Navel Lane Late |
| Varieties in window | 1 |
| Window that closes | Navel Lane Late, second half of the month |
| Plantings declared behind it | One, at Alfara del Patriarca |
| Next window of ours to open | Navelina, second half of October |
What it changes on an order
You need Spanish fruit into May and June
Ours does not reach there. The Spanish window continues with Valencia Late, which we do not grow, and knowing that in April leaves you a month to find the fruit somewhere else.
You want traceability down to the plot
This is the month where that is simplest here, because there is one planting behind the only variety in window. Ask for the plot on the paperwork while the answer is still a single line.
You are closing a season and reviewing it
The end of a campaign is when the useful questions get answered honestly. What ran short, what arrived wrong and which weeks were hardest to fill are worth asking now rather than next autumn.
What this note does not settle
- A single declared planting is a fact about our holding and not a measure of what the month can supply. The quantity behind it is an estimate the grower made and the availability page says so.
- The late navel window closing here says nothing about the rest of Spain, where the late orange season is only getting going.
- Nothing on this page commits a volume, a week or a shipping arrangement for April. Those are settled one order at a time.
One variety, one plot, and what that is good for
Through most of the campaign the question of which orchard a pallet came from has several possible answers. This month it has one. The only variety still inside its window is the late navel, and the only planting declared behind it sits at Alfara del Patriarca, which makes April the simplest month of the year to get traceability written down without hedging.
If your customer asks where fruit comes from, or if origin is part of what you sell, this is the month to ask us for it. Plot, municipality and comarca are already published on this site. What is still missing is our own picking dates, and we would rather leave that blank than fill it with a plausible week.
Where our season stops, and what carries on without us
The honest headline of this page is that we finish here. Nothing of ours is cut again until the autumn, and the Spanish orange season continues into the late varieties, which we do not grow. A buyer who needs Spanish fruit through the late spring has to source it somewhere else, and April is early enough to arrange that without hurrying.
It is also the right month to close a season properly. Which weeks were hardest to fill, which sizes ran short, what arrived in a state nobody was pleased with: those answers exist now and have evaporated by September. Ask for them while the campaign is still fresh, and the next one starts from something better than a blank page.
Talk to the grower
Tell us the variety, the sizes and the delivery week you need. You get a delivered price and what we can commit to in writing, from the person who picks the fruit.
The grower handles enquiries. Response times are still to be confirmed.