Trees going mad

CITRUS trees in Alicante Province are blossoming twice this year.

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The high temperatures and lack of rain in March, followed by heavy rainfall in May, prevented flowering from developing normally and conditioned the quality and quantity of oranges and tangerines, warns farming union Asaja.

Blossoming twice in the same year is highly unusualand not good news. Trees first flowered in March, but the process was reportedly very weak and resulted in little flower and of poor quality.

But now the trees are resprouting when they would normally be fattening the fruit for next year.

Asaja­Alicante president José Vicente Andreu explained that “the plants are going mad, they think it’s spring and they’re flowering again,” as quoted by a local news source.

The problem will reportedly come when temperatures reach 40ºC on two consecutive days, which usually happens in

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the province in July and August. When that occurs the current flowers will drop off and the trees will produce fruit that is of very low quality and not suitable for fresh consumption, only for industrial use, which allegedly has no real value.

Montgo Golf

MONTGO Golf Society played a Stableford competition at Oliva Nova Golf Course on Friday July 7 sponsored by the Society.

The day’s winner was Peter Gardiner with 38 stableford points, in 2nd place was Sally Cottrell with 36 and in 3rd place was Alan Lowans with 33 stableford points. The club had two ‘Nearest the pin’ prizes on offer for the 5th in 2 and 18th in 2, and taking home the spoils were Nigel Siddall and John Day. There were no 2s. There were two guests on the day, Ronnie Dalzell and John Quinn.

This week’s competition is the John Costigan Memorial Trophy sponsored by the society.

“We look forward to seeing you all again on Friday!” said a spokesperson for the Society.