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Mechanization limitation
Since the 70s the Schoenmaker
gladioli bulb production,
nowadays known as Terra Viva
and sold under the trade mark
Brasbonitas, was concentrated
in the town of Casa Branca,
120 km to the north of
Holambra and at a higher elevation. The traditional season
has been planting from March
to May, and harvesting in
October/November. These fresh
bulbs supply the internal market and generate basic material
for future fields. A major drawback however was that exports
coincided exactly with the
Dutch harvest, so the goal was
to shift the crop timing to fetch
better prices.
This would have been possible in places at higher eleva-
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Gladioli fields at two locations provide fresh bulbs three times a year.
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