Caluke Tarim Ltd – Caluke Cherry Orchard, Soke, Turkey

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Caluke Tarim Ltd. is a grower of fresh sweet cherries located in Asia Minor (or modern day Turkey) which by legend is the birthplace of the cherry tree. Starting operations in 2005 with our partner Demeter Tarim Ltd, we strive to grow large, dark, export-quality cherries. June 2022 will be our eighteenth Leaf Year and we are expecting a total harvest of approximately 400 tons. Most of the cherries from our 35,000 Gisela 6 semi-dwarf trees will be sold in supermarket chains across Europe, the UK and the Far East. Kindly contact us with any inquiry.

Buyers

We welcome any inquiry from interested buyers of our harvest, or to meet you for an orchard visit on site. We hold GlobalGAP certifications and are one of the most modern, largest and transparent cherry orchards in Turkey.

Photo Galleries

2005

a. Land Selection

b. Land Selection

c. Land Selection

d. Water Sourcing

e. Rock Clearing

f. Soil Ploughing

g. Perimeter Fencing

h. Caretaker Cottage Build

i. Planting Preparation

j. Saplings Arrive

k. Planting Plan

l. Planting

m. Planting Work

n. After Planting

o. Irrigation Preparation

p. Irrigation Pipe Laying

q. Irrigation Sistern

r. Irrigation Filters

s. Irrigation Works

t. Sprinklers

u. First Leaf Works

v. Leaf Year One

w. First Leaf Year

x. First Yeaf Year

2009

2009 Panorama

Winter sleep

Entrance Gates

April blossom

Bee Polination

Cottage

Rows of Green

Overview

Empty Boxes to the Orchard

The Set

Pickers Head to Work

A Tree

Field Boss Meeting

Red Bombs

GlobalGAP Signage

Pickers

Tractor in the Row

View from the Top

Heavy Limbs

Gonna Need a Bigger Sizer

Busy Working 1

Busy Working 2

Orchard Lunch

Boxes Picked, under Trees

Unload Station

Pre Selection

Truck Loading

Ready to Drive to the Packhouse

2012

a. Winter Snow

b. Replant Areas

c. April Bloom

d. May green cherries

e. May shoot growth

f. Spraying

g. Inspection

i Cistern

j. Ripe on the Tree

l. Hydrocooler

m. Harvest

n. Transport

o. The Set

p. Red Rows

q. Shipping

r. Caluke 2012

Contact

Our orchard is located on top of the mountain behind the Soke Outlet Malls on the road from Izmir to Bodrum. Surrounded by the Dilek Yarimadasi National Park, we are just a few kilometers away from Ancient Ephesus & Miletos.