WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - Oppy is six weeks into its Envy apple harvest in Washington state and New Zealand and with 20% of the year's crop already sold, it is shaping up to be another excellent season. Volume has been outstanding this year, with Oppy estimating a total crop of about 300,000 boxes.

Given the success which the grower has enjoyed in Washington and New Zealand, David Nelley, Category Director for Oppy shared that there are plans in place to expand acreage in both regions in the future. By 2020, Oppy expects to be harvesting 2 million boxes out of Washington state and an additional 1.5 million boxes out of New Zealand.

For now, however, Oppy's attention is fixed on the present in order to ensure the successful completion of its current Envy apple harvest. David shared with me the excitement felt by everyone at Oppy over this year's crop.

“Demand has been robust through this point in our season,” he said. “Last year at this time, we had sold approximately 18,000 boxes of Envy apples. We've more than doubled that number this year to 58,000. While apple sales may slow as we get closer to Christmas, Oppy foresees several more very healthy sales in the weeks ahead.”

“We have been fortunate to be able to meet this strong market with a particularly high quality Envy crop,” he continued. “Envy has enjoyed an excellent harvest this year for most. Firm, consistent, great-sized, and very juicy, we are confident that consumers will be very pleased with the quality of the fruit they will be receiving from our growing fields in both Washington state and New Zealand.”

Congratulations on the start of an excellent season, Oppy. It certainly does seem to be shaping up to be a great one!

Oppy