STRAWBERRIES
Santa Maria
Quality: Quality remains strong. Plants have strong flower and green fruit sets, which should maintain medium sizing with good appearance through the rest of peak production.
Volume: Production has entered the peak of the Spring Crop season.
Pack Counts: 18-26;
Watsonville/Salinas
Quality: Quality continues to improve.
Volume: Production is looking good for conventional and organic fruit, with our estimates doubling each week as we approach the expected peak of the season in June.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 12-18; Organic: 18-24;
BLUEBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality remains good, with good flavor, bloom and appearance, although we are seeing some issues with red berries, soft and leaking fruit, and shriveling from the high heat.
Volume: Conventional volume in Mexico is trending down each week, and we are expecting the conventional blue season to end towards July. Organic production will begin again around August.
Florida
Quality: Conventional quality is good.
Volume: Due to weather events the end of season is anticipated post-Memorial Day.
Central Valley
Quality: Quality is great, with great size, flavor, and bloom.
Volume: Conventional and organic production is peaking.
Pacific Northwest
Region Update: Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia production will begin around July.
RASPBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Overall, fruit is looking good with a strong red color, sizes and firmness.
Volume: Volume for raspberries is in a dip, but volume should start increasing steadily from now through May.
Watsonville
Quality: Quality is good with nice shape and color.
Volume: Volumes are light and will be limited until the end of June.
BLACKBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good with some issues of red cell regression, attached calyx, and some soft, leaking fruit due to the high heat in this region.
Volume: Volume for blackberries is consistent, but we are in a dip in production from pruning over the last week.
Watsonville
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Production is currently limited to a few pallets a couple days of the week, but we should have good load volume starting in June.
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