Apple production is declining in several European countries. Italy, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom all are producing fewer apples than they were a decade ago, members of the International Fruit Tree Association learned during their annual conference in Germany. Europe’s total apple crop is 10 million tons, a 10 percent drop since 2000, although production in Poland has been increasing at a rapid rate. Poland is now the region’s number-one apple growing country, with a crop of 2.8 million tons in 2008. A decade ago, Italy was Europe’s top apple producer, followed by France. Pear production in Europe, as […]