Tarn and Garonne is a major producer of fruit, including cherries and the trees are coming nicely into bloom. But producers are warning that a fly originally from Asia can decimate crops and could mean no French cherries within three years. This is because they claim the only effective insecticide is banned in France from this year, but not in Italy or Spain, the main competitors. The government considers the spray to be injurious to health and is asking the EU to impose a Europe wide ban, but producers fear it may be too late.
Our little cherry tree has nice buds and gave a small crop of lovely fruit last year, but we wont be spraying.
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