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STRAWBERRIES

Watsonville/Salinas

Quality:

Conventional: Fruit quality is good-to-fair. Minor occurrences of defects in the field include pin rot/mildew.
Organic: Fruit quality is good-to-fair. Minor occurrences of defects in the field include pin rot/mildew.

Volume: Volumes are decreasing week-by-week as the season begins to wind down.

Pack Counts:

Conventional: 24-28.
Organic: 30-34.

Santa Maria

Quality:

Conventional: Fruit quality is good-to-fair. Occurrences of deformed and bruised fruit are present. Crews are dropping subpar fruit.
Organic: Fruit quality is good-to-fair. Occurrences of deformed and bruised fruit are present. Crews
are dropping subpar fruit.

Volume: Volumes are plateauing.

Pack Counts:

Conventional: 22-26.
Organic: 20-32.

BLUEBERRIES

PNW

Quality: Quality is good as the season begins a gradual decline.

Volumes: Volumes are quickly decreasing as the season winds down. BC volumes will complete this week. Organic fruit in the PNW (Oregon) is no longer being packed.

Peru

Quality:

Conventional: Quality is excellent.
Organic: Quality is excellent.

Volumes:

Conventional volumes will be steady, but limited, through October.
Organic volumes will be very limited through. October, with a two-week gap in arrivals over the next couple of weeks. Gap in arrivals PW39-40. Light volume arrivals resume PW41.

RASPBERRIES

Mexico

Quality:

Conventional: Quality is good with some leaky/soft fruit.
Organic: Quality is good with some leaky/soft fruit

Volume: Volume will begin increasing more significantly in October. Mexico cane berries will be transitioning to export directly to Texas starting next week.

Watsonville

Quality:

Conventional: Quality is good with some soft fruit and sunburn due to high temperatures.

Volume: Production is anticipated to remain steady through late-September and will decrease in early October. Availability is limited

BLACKBERRIES

Mexico

Quality:

Conventional: Quality is good with some leaky/soft fruit.
Organic:

Volume:

Conventional: Volume will begin increasing more significantly in October. Mexico cane berries will
be transitioning to export directly to Texas starting next week.
Organic: Light volumes beginning this week.

Watsonville

Quality:

Conventional: Quality is good with some soft fruit and sunburn due to high temperatures.
Organic: Quality is good with some soft fruit and sunburn due to high temperatures.

Volume:

Conventional: Production is expected to remain steady for the next few weeks. Availability remains limited.
Organic: Volumes expected to decrease in the coming weeks. Availability will be limited