Table Grape Harvest Going Well
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A Table Grape Harvester packs a box of
Thompson Seedless grapes for market. |
According to Mark Givens, a
salesman with HMC Farms in Kingsburg, the table grape harvest is moving along
well in the central San Joaquin Valley. “The harvest got started in the area a
little earlier than normal, around the first of July,” he said.
Givens said the there has
been a lot of good quality fruit throughout the entire state this season and
that prices have been a little lower compared to last season. “Flame Seedless
in the central valley are coming to and end and Thompson Seedless is just
getting underway,” Givens said. “A newer variety Scarlet Royal is just getting
underway and Crimson Seedless will be starting soon.”
This years production
estimates are 105.7 million 19 pound boxes this compared to 100.8 million boxes
last year.
Labels: 105.7 million boxes, 2013 Table Grape Season, Crimson, Flames, Kingsburg CA, Mark Givens HMC Farms, Scarlet Royal, Thompson
