Getting smarter - trees and fruits enrich the mind...
Especially when you follow the talks and demos we offer during Europom®. Saturday at 2pm, Klaus
SStrasser from Austria will talk about his experiences with varieties and cultivation of walnuts. One of our NBS pomologists,
Dirk Vanden Eynde, will take you through the story of cider production on Sunday (11am). He will show you
the evolution of cider making and the apple and pear varieties best suited for this
purpose.
You will find more information on some separate theme booths, one about nuts and another about cider varieties and
-preparation. At the nuts booth, Hungarian pomologist and researcher Szani Zsolt, who specializes in
walnuts, chestnuts and quinces, among other things, will also be present. He will show important varieties with great quality along with other resistant
fruit selections.
Sunday afternoon (1pm) we look to the future, giving you an insight into ‘Orchards and fruit gardens for
the future in a changing climate’. Paul Van Laer explains the difficulties we are experiencing with our
fruit trees due to climate change and gives some aspects we should take into account to keep
trees healthy and vital.
The NBS will show a first for Belgium during Europom®: a new harvesting machine for shaking and collecting
orchard fruit will be demonstrated. Especially interesting for those who prefer not to pick from high ladders.