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Produce Market Report February 24, 2015

Good Buys

rhubarb sold in 10lbs case

coming from Washington
State. Perfect for your spring
desserts and pastries as well
as savory dishes.

Strawberries: Florida is
producing gorgeous, large and
very tasty berries now and
with more abundant supplies,
the prices are down.

Cantaloupes: Continued
good quality out of Guatemala and Costa Rica. You will
love the nice ripeness of these
melons.

GOOD BUY

conditions in the west with

cool nights and good moisture is yielding very good
quality and pricing.

Strawberries

Eggplant: Prices are up

Cantaloupes

somewhat from last week but the

product is pristine.

adding the nutritious

goodness of cauliflower to
soups, sides and all types of
comfort foods this winter.

Red and yellow peppers:

Oranges and
Lemons
Grapefruit
Grapes
Cara cara and
blood oranges

European cukes: Seedless

European
cucumbers

KEEP IN
MIND

Collards and
kale

Grapes: All varieties of

Navel oranges and

lemons: Same peak of sea-

grapes are hitting their stride

out of Chile and the prices
have come down nicely.

Green peppers
Avocados
Lettuce
Raspberries
and
blackberries

Asparagus: The market for

Stone fruit

all sizes of asparagus, has

improved.

WATCH
Tomatoes

Grapefruit: Have you had a

chance to try Floridas ruby
grapefruit taste this year?
The price is great!

are hardier than the other

produce in a freeze condition but
with a long-lasting (over 4 hours)
freeze, even these plants could be
affected.

Squash and
zucchini
Green beans

Green peppers: The last few

weeks have been great for good
prices on peppers but Florida is
raising prices for this week.

Avocados: Mexico is shipping

very nice quality fruit now but the
price is up a couple of dollars.

Leafy items: Iceberg is

benefitting the best from recent
weather improvements in
southern California and Arizona.
Combined with demand dips
romaine, romaine hearts and red
and green leaf are experiencing
favorable pricing as well.

Raspberries: Beautiful big

berries coming from Mexico and
the pricing are pretty much the
same as last week. Blackberries:
Very nice quality and steady
pricing out of Mexico.

Corn

Cara cara, blood oranges:

California is still shipping
excellent quality citrus at
good prices.

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Brussels
sprouts
Blueberries

Tomatoes: The market is red

hot this week for round
tomatoes (5s and 6s), cherry
and grape tomatoes and plum
tomatoes due to a cold snap
in Florida. This prolonged
cold snap caused bloom
drop and constricted the
future yields which are hitting
the market now.

Asparagus

Eggplant

the source of great product

and good prices again this
week on deep red
watermelons.

Collards and kale: These greens

Broccoli and
crowns
Red and yellow
peppers

and wrapped in cellophane

are deep, dark color and
excellent pricing.

WATCH

Watermelons

Mexico is shipping large

quantities of red and yellow
peppers at very reasonable
prices now. Yellow peppers
are only available in 11 lb.
packs.

Watermelons: Guatemala is

son navel orange crop

continues from last week and
both lemons and oranges
remain good buys.

KEEP IN MIND

Broccoli and broccoli

crowns: Excellent growing

Cauliflower: Everyone is
Rhubarb: Just arrived fresh

Redefining the way you look at salad. This

unprecedented blend of gourmet greens is
packed full of flavorful red watercress, wild
roquette baby arugula, and baby spinach
coming in a 1.5lbs case #12457.

Peaches, red and black plums,

pluots and nectarines: Chile is
still sending great quality stone
fruit with reasonable prices.

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Bushel beans: Much higher

prices this week than in recent
weeks. Quality is still good
but cold weather is causing
much slower growth.

Corn: The relatively cool Florida weather has caused a

growth contraction and although the quality is outstanding for corn, the price is up.

Brussels sprouts: The

stubbornly high price of
brussels sprouts shows no
signs of backing down.

Blueberries: Chile is winding

down now for blueberries and
Florida will be starting up but
in the interim the price is up.

Squash: Due to the

inclement weather in Flordia
the squash and zucchini are
having affects with price.