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Recorded 2025: Children in Holzhausen press their own apple juice!
In Holzhausen, children harvest apples and press juice. The highest apple harvest in the last 20 years is expected in 2025.
Recorded 2025: Children in Holzhausen press their own apple juice!
In Holzhausen, the children of the Waldwichtel daycare center experience a very special time. While a drizzle fills the air with the smell of wet soil and tire apples, the children collect apples and learn to distinguish between good and bad fruits. According to a report by Siegener Zeitung The apple harvest for 2023 is above average. Britta Hinkers from the Siegen-Wittgenstein Biological Station explains that the pleasing harvest is due to a good spring without late frost and effective pollination by insects.
A quantity of around 82,327 tonnes of apples is forecast for the 2023 harvest, which represents an increase of 60.1% compared to the previous year. This positive development could continue in the coming years. The forecast for 2025 calls for the highest apple harvest in the last 20 years. Also daily news reports that the apple harvest in Germany in 2025 is expected to be above average, with an initial harvest estimate of more than a million tons of apples.
Expected harvest numbers and growing conditions
The expected harvest of around 1,009,000 tons represents an increase of 3.9 % over the average of the past ten years. Compared to 2024, this means almost 16 % more apples. These positive numbers are the result of favorable weather conditions such as mild flowering and the lack of frost or hail in most growing areas. Apples are the most frequently harvested construction fruit in Germany, with an acreage of 32,700 hectares. In the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony, over two thirds of the local apples are produced.
While the children in Holzhausen learn the joy of the apple juice press- Mats carefully transports the apples in a wheelbarrow- the plum and plum harvest in the region is also judged above average. The expected harvest amount is 44,500 tons, which represents an increase of 1.6 % compared to the average. The wine harvest has also started, and the first Federweißer is expected in the coming days, which enlivens this year's harvest time.
The anticipation is great for the children not only because of the exciting learning, but also because of the delicious, freshly squeezed apple juice, which is the result of their work. This eventful activity outdoors, despite the cloudy weather, shows how important the harvest time is for the community and the formation of the little ones.