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Truffles down under, some of the most expensive truffles in the world

Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 12:52.

Whilst northern hemisphere truffle hunters are busying themselves in the summer
truffle season, July is harvesting time for the Perigord truffle (Tuber melanosporum)
in the southern hemisphere. With productive plantations in both New Zealand
and Australia and with South Africa soon to follow, southern hemisphere truffles
are growing in both recognition and demand. The rewards are there too, with
Australian truffles priced at $2,750AUS/kg (£1,333GBP)and New Zealand
truffles at $3,750NZD/kg (£1,435GBP) returns can be very good indeed.
Watch this space for further southern hemisphere development news and contact
us to find out how you can be part of the process.

 

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  • Patches of bare earth ignite truffle dreams
    10/29/2008 - 09:55

    Some very exciting news- earlier this autumn we received photos from our welsh plantation showing a very distinct ‘brûlé’. A brûlé is a burnt-looking patch of ground, devoid of vegetation underneath the tree caused by the truffle fungus- these normally take several years to appear and signal imminent onset of fruiting of the truffle. This is particularly exciting as they have appeared on around 70-80% of trees planted last winter! With an average age of 9months (from planting), these results are every exciting indeed,