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Quality: Conventional and organic fall crop quality is good, with nice shape, color and firmness. Some occurrences of bronzing. Organic spring crop quality is fair, with occurrences of misshapen, small and soft fruit.
Volume: Volume has quickly rebounded from the heat and is on track to reach our peak production starting next week through the middle of October.
Pack Counts: Conventional fall crop 14-16. Organic fall crop, 16-20. Organic spring crop, 30-34.
Quality: Conventional and organic quality is good with some occurrences of dark, small fruit.
Volume: Production has been steady, though overall output volume is decreasing week-over-week as we get further into Fall—expecting numbers to drop more drastically in late September through early October.
Pack Counts: Conventional 24-26; Organic 30-34 depending on ranch.
Quality: Overall quality is fair.
Volume: Pacific Northwest is wrapping up fresh production as late season high temperatures and rain have created challenges with lower yields and subsequent poor quality; soft, shrivel and mold.
Quality: Quality is fair. Growers are doing their best to keep packs clean.
Volume: Volume for raspberries is starting to pick back up as we progress through September.
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Watsonville Raspberries’ production has sharply declined and will have very little volume available for the rest of September; however, we will have one last bit of good volume throughout October before ending the season.
Quality: Quality is fair. High humidity is causing some soft fruit and pest pressure.
Volume: Volumes for blackberries have passed their peak and will steadily decline throughout September until we pick back up in early October.
Quality: Quality is good, with nice color and size and excellent flavor. Minor occurrences of attached calyx.
Volume: Overall, production is decent, but we have passed our peak for blackberries in Watsonville. We are expecting continually good production through mid-October.
Oct. 17th – 18th
Atlanta, GA
Booth #B1439
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