We visited Apemar, a fruit company, where we interviewed the managers This is what we got…

Where are the lemons grown?80% of the lemons are grown in Murcia

and Alicante, the rest of them are in other places in Spain.

Do you use any product to help he lemons to grow?

We only use products after picking them up so they remain fresh longer.

How do you pick them up?Lemons are picked by farmers with

the help of machinery.

How big is the crop of lemons? We have some big crops and also

small ones too.

How many workers are there? There are approximately 80 workers in the

storehouse and around 50 or 60 who pick up the fruit.

What is the best season to grow lemons? There are two types of lemon in Murcia so

they are grown during the whole year. The winter lemon starts to grow in september and is picked up during the whole winter until late april. The “berna” lemon is picked up from april until september.

Does the company sell abroad? Most of the sales are abroad (70% or 80 %)

Only 20% of the sales are in Spain.

Students: Isabel María Martínez Purificación Robles Ángela Portales