JUST ARRIVED: Florida Watermelons

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Produce Market Report April 21, 2015

GOOD BUYS FOR THE WEEK

Mangoes: Excellent
fruit now at some of
the best prices of the
year.

Oranges: Larger size

oranges still at good
prices. Very good
sugar level and juice
content out of the navel orange crop from
California but smaller
sizes (113s and 138s)
are in high demand
with higher prices.

Lemons: Still good

prices on abundant
crop.

Wish to quench thirst while reboosting your

body with vitamin-A? Watermelon has everything you need to beat the summer heat. Wonderfully delicious, juicy melons arriving from
Florida are the great source of much-needed
water, to tame the summer temperatures.

Pixie Tangerines Dont

Mangoes

forget to jump on the bandwagon for one of the most

popular Fruits of the Month
we have had in a long time.
Darling pixie tangerines are
darn sweet!

Oranges

Raspberries: We have
seen a welcome price drop
on raspberries this week
out of California.

Green beans: Both bushel beans and snipped green

beans from Florida are
good buys this week due to
perfect bean growing
weatherwarm days and
cool nights.

Cucumbers: Coming
from multiple sources with
great prices.

KEEP IN MIND

GOOD BUYS

Lemons
Apples and pears
Pixie tangerines
Raspberries
Green beans
Zucchini and yellow
squash

KEEP IN MIND
Local watermelons
Blueberries

Avocados

Prices and quality on

both apples (especially
red delicious) and
pears have come
down.

Green onions, cilantro and leeks

Get ready! This week

well start receiving
our first shipment of
North Carolina
strawberries. Please
watch our weekly
local list for our local
updates. For more
information about our
local program and farmers, please email
tmag@keanyproduce.com

Avocados: Up a couple of
dollars on good demand.
The oil content is so rich
now that ripening process
is fast.

Green peppers: Still

suffering affect of recent
weather problems causing spike in prices again.

Asparagus: Jumbo is
the hardest to get but all
sizes are high. Mexico is
winding down and California cannot meet the
demand.

Cantaloupes : No problems with good fruit from

Central America.

available with good

quality but the prices are
stubbornly high.

Canary melons: The first

of the canary melons from
Central America has arrived with great quality!

Broccoli and
crowns: Continued

Cantaloupes

Limes

LOCAL CORNER

Grapes: Reds are now the

Crimson variety and very
nice eating. We also have
black seedless and lunch
bunch at fairly good prices.
Greens are still leading the
pack on prices.

Artichokes: All sizes

Apples and pears:

of Florida with good quality.

Blueberries: Florida is
now our source for beautiful
blueberries. They are a
good size with firm delectable berries.

Grapes

Canary melons

Zucchini and yellow

squash: Excellent buy out

WATCH

WATCH

Limes: Prices on limes

have finally started to
decline a bit.

Leafy items

Asparagus

Green onions, Cilantro

and leeks: Availability is
good and prices are steady.

Artichokes

Romaine, green leaf and

Green peppers

Broccoli and crowns

Cauliflower
Mini-squashes

red leaf: Leafy items

jumped right back up in
price this week on higher
demand. Quality is good.

tight market.

Mini-squashes: Mini
zucchini, yellow sunburst
and green patty pan are
high.

Carrots: Transitioning
from storage crop to new
fields is affecting prices.

Strawberries: Huge
demand is causing
prices to shoot up and
shortages.

Carrots
Strawberries

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