The Radevski family orchards have evolved over three generations. In 1957 Cvetko Radevski, together with his father Bogoja, made the hard decision of moving their family from Macedonia to Australia. Their first farm was bought in 1959, a 36 acre Orchard in Shepparton East. Today, the business has grown into 600 acres of fruit growing orchards.
The Radevski family orchards, produces an array of quality fruit including Pears, Apples and in smaller quantities Stonefruit. The fruit grown is a mix of traditional and new varieties that are picked between January and May.
Orchard Management is based on best management practices and knowledge generated over 50 years. Crop protection is based on the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) approach to minimize the use of chemicals and encourage the natural control of problem insects and mites, by encouraging natural predators.
Apples
Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Alvina Gala and Bravo
Pears
Packham Triumph, Williams, Josephine and Buerre Bosc
Peaches
Canning and market varieties
Packing Shed
Radevski Coolstores controls of the quality of fruit from tree to the wholesale market by using the most advanced techniques in refrigeration, controlled atmosphere and packing.
Radevski Coolstores is a direct supplier of Coles Supermarkets Australia and markets produce to the wholesale markets along the Australian Eastern seaboard under its Radevski Pears and Radevski Apples brands. It also exports produce to SE Asia, NZ and Pacific Islands supermarkets.
Rigorous quality control procedures ensure that the fruit processed at Radevski Coolstores is of the highest quality. The grading process is enhanced by the latest computerized grading equipment. Radevski Coolstores has the ability to pack fruit into bulk plastic crates, cartons, punnets, bags and cardboard hat bins. Each piece of fruit is visually assessed by staff and rejected if size, shape or appearance done not meet our quality standards. Fruit is cooled in a state of the art Refrigeration and Controlled Atmosphere (Dynamic) facility with the capacity of 20,000 bins of storage.
