The proportion of the crop reaching the premium size grade (count 90 or larger). Together with colour and defect, size decides which pack and price a line of fruit earns — and it is set months earlier at thinning and through the season’s water and nutrition.
Fruit size drives grade and packing format — the share of fruit at count-90-or-larger is a common proxy for the split between premium carton fruit and smaller, lower-value packs.
APAL — Packout Data ↗A crop can hit target yield yet return poorly if too much of it sized down into cheaper packs. Watching the size profile separates a crop-load problem (too many fruit) from a growing-season problem (water or nutrition stress during cell expansion).
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Set crop load at thinning to the size the market is paying for.
Keep water and nutrition steady through the cell-expansion window.
Renew to varieties and rootstocks that size reliably in your climate.
The proportion of the crop reaching the premium size grade (count 90 or larger). Together with colour and defect, size decides which pack and price a line of fruit earns — and it is set months earlier at thinning and through the season’s water and nutrition.
You need: Fruit size distribution (count), Fruit weight (g), Tonnes by size grade (t). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Fruit size drives grade and packing format — the share of fruit at count-90-or-larger is a common proxy for the split between premium carton fruit and smaller, lower-value packs.
Set crop load at thinning to the size the market is paying for. Keep water and nutrition steady through the cell-expansion window. Renew to varieties and rootstocks that size reliably in your climate.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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