Fruit production

Fruit production, compared to other fields of crop production, it is burdened with higher environmental risk and is much more capital-intensive.
Moreover, all fruit tolerates transport less well than most agricultural produce, and berries and stone fruits as well as summer apples and pears cannot be stored for more than a dozen hours to several days.
The specificity of fruit production resulting from the biological properties of these plants and the high degree of difficulty in mastering its technology cause, that any wrong decisions entail large material losses and often wasted efforts of several years.
In the team of investment expenditures necessary to establish an orchard, bringing it to fruiting and proper subsequent exploitation, land is one of the less costly components. A conclusion must be drawn from this, that if the farm is, for natural reasons or because of its location, unsuitable for fruit production, it's better not to develop it there. In Poland, with the exception of part of the Suwałki voivodship and areas erected higher than 350-400 sad, there are no major regions, in which natural conditions would be bad for production, if not all, then perhaps some species and varieties of fruit plants. On the other hand, in almost the entire country, there are often small areas too low-lying, and therefore creating a great risk of frosting of trees and shrubs or their flowers, or areas with too high a level of groundwater. There are also regions, in which, for organizational and economic reasons, the development of the horticulture is not planned, and therefore there are very few retail and service outlets and fruit collection points necessary for the producer. Finally, there are areas with a small market for fruit – no large clusters of people, no processing plants. In all of these areas, the producer will face more difficulties than elsewhere, though their causes are varied.