FRUIT OF BONE IN THE REGION OF MURCIA. (FEATURES OF THE FRUIT COMPAIGN)

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  • José M. Gómez Espín
Keywords: fruit of bone, production, distribution, Region of Murcia, Spain

Abstract

This is a study of the sector of fruit of bones in Spain during the period 1974-1988. Special attention is paid to the special characteristics of the production and distributions campaigns of such fruit as apricot, peach, nectarine, plum, cheny and mazzard cherry in the region of Murcia. It is precisely in this Spanish Autonomous Region where a greater development of this fruit sector takes place (more than a fourth of the national activity of this sector) due to the fact that almost 30.000 Has of its temtory are devoted to the growing of fruit of bone (mean anual production of 200.000 Tm. In addition, more than 100 fírms are devoted to the manipulation and transformation of such fruits, and whose export trade alone amounted to 50.000 million ptas. in 1988

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Author Biography

José M. Gómez Espín

Departamento de Geografía Universidad de Murcia
How to Cite
Gómez Espín, J. M. (1989). FRUIT OF BONE IN THE REGION OF MURCIA. (FEATURES OF THE FRUIT COMPAIGN). Geography Papers, (15), 59–78. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/geografia/article/view/42971
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