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Nov 18, 2011 01:55
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Spanish term

establecimiento de manzanas

Spanish to English Other Agriculture Cultivation
Falta de especialista de area limito establecimiento 15 parcelas mejorado, intercambio de experiencia de uso y manejo de tecnología agropecuaria y forestal, sobrante de establecimiento de manzanas de reforestacion en unidades de produccion.

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neilmac Nov 18, 2011:
How do you like them apples? I spent a few fruitless (groan ) minutes answering this because I thought it was about apple plantations...
Charles Davis Nov 18, 2011:
Hi Lydianette Yes, in Central America a "manzana" (mz) is a unit of area equal to 100 square varas, which is equivalent to 0.7 hectares or 1.68 acres.

Since this text does not refer to a particular number of manzanas, I think there is no need to use the word. All it means is an excess area. A natural way to express this, in my opinion, would be "acreage".
David Hollywood Nov 18, 2011:
"cultivation" or "utilization"
Lydianette Soza (asker) Nov 18, 2011:
I think I've got it.

Firstly, in this context "manzana" is a unit of area measurement for agricultural purposes, which is equal to 0.7 Ha.

My doubt here was about "establecimiento", but I think it could be translated as:

cultivation of manzanas.

What do you think?

Proposed translations

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apple orchard

So it seems... Source: Wikipedia.

Apple orchards in Azwell, Washington surrounding a community of pickers' cabins

Orchards by region
Apple orchards in Azwell, Washington surrounding a community of pickers' cabins
Sour cherry orchard on Lake Erie shoreline (Leamington, Ontario)

The most extensive orchards in the United States are apple and orange orchards, although citrus orchards are more commonly called groves. The most extensive apple orchard area is in eastern Washington state, with a lesser but significant apple orchard area in most of Upstate New York. Extensive orange orchards are found in Florida and southern California. In eastern North America, many orchards are along the shores of Lake Michigan (such as the Fruit Ridge Region), Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.

In Canada, apple and other fruit orchards are widespread on the Niagara Peninsula, south of Lake Ontario. This region is known as Canada Fruitland and, in addition to large-scale commercial fruit marketing, it is a favorite playground for "pick-your-own" activities in the summer.

Murcia is a major orchard area (or la huerta) in Europe, with citrus crops. New Zealand, China, Argentina and Chile also have extensive apple orchards.
Peer comment(s):

neutral neilmac : I thought it referred to apple orchards/plantations too but it seems we got the wrong end of the stick!
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excess reforestation quadrants

or more than enough

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"manzanas" are the equivalent of "blocks" or "quadrants"

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nothing to do with "apples"

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maybe "surplus"

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better than "excess"

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more I look at it, you can forget the "establecimiento" bit ..it's just jargon

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just means "they're there"

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and "utilization"
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unused area in a settlement

A certain area that is unused in a reforasted field, will be turned into productive units

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Sorry, it´s "reforested"
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