date:Oct 10, 2012
od color. In addition to good sizing and color, favorable weather has brought the promise of good volume. Tjerandsen anticipates this year's fresh market production to exceed last year's production of approximately 4 million boxes. But he noted that this year's crop volume will really depend on the amount of rain received.
We're expecting, perhaps over the next few days, to get the first rain of the season, he said. The fruit will suck up that moisture, and depending on how heavy that rainfall