Frutales_varios - Partido (department) of Chascomús, Province of Buenos Aires , Argentina
Partido (department) of Chascomús, Province of Buenos Aires.
LOCATION
Partido (department) of Chascomús, Province of Buenos Aires. At 300 m (325 yards) from route 2 and 5 km (3 miles) from Chascomús.
SIZE
21 hectares (52 acres)
DESCRIPTION
House for foreman with two rooms, living-dining room and gallery. Shed for irrigation and warehouse with room for agrochemicals and fertilizers. Dressing rooms, showers and dining room, also flooring, tents and beds for harvesters. Additional bathroom for workers. Bureau or fruit reception room. Concrete australian tank, 12 m diameter x 1.20 m height. (40 x 3.9 ft). Additional tank with windmill. 6 pumps installed to feed the australian tank with water for irrigation. Triphasic connection. New perimetral wire fences. Thermograph. Improved internal roads. Mower to cut grass between the rows. Fumigator specially adapted for blueberry plantations. Miscellaneous tools, hand truck. Wenco brand plastic boxes, trays, stands, scale and all the elements necessary for harvesting.
APTITUDE
7 planted plots, of 1,2 ha each (3 acres each), with a total of 8,4 ha (20.7 acres), with 31.324 plants of the following blueberry varieties. Brighitta (2006): 4.836 Brighitta (2005): 8.820 Ozark Blue (2005): 4.725 O'Neill (2.006 autumn): 4.284 Millennia (2.006 autumn): 4.284 Duke (2.006 spring): 4.375
Harvest calculated at 08/09: 30.000 kg. (66.000 lb) Harvest calculated at 09/10: 58.750 kg. (129.000 lb) Harvest calculated at 10/11: 70.000 kg. (154.000 lb) Harvest calculated at 11/12: 72.500 kg. (160.000 lb)
Automated drip irrigation in all the plants. Double beef wood forestal curtains in the perimeter and in the plots. Plant nursery with drip irrigation. Plantation certified for export to the European Union. The harvest is between the 2nd fortnight in november and the 1st of january. Therefore is unnecessary a frost protection system. The farm is surrounded by other blueberry plantations, with about 40 ha (100 acres) already implanted. All the producers in the area participate in a proprietary trust that owns a fruit processing plant. There is an installed capacity to add 5 additional hectares (12 acres). 3•ha park at the coast of Laguna Adela (Encadenadas de Chascomús) with native fauna and adequate for silverside fishing and nautical sports.
