Mexico and Texas will also have good volume this week, which should cause the market to slide. Quality on cantaloupes should get better after all first picks are completed. Smaller sizes are very hard to find at this time, more will be available by the middle of next week. New Mexico will have light volume next week and heavier volume the next. Whites are tight now and will get more so until the new crop starts.
Red supplies are still abundant but cleaning up fast.
Transportation rates are starting to climb as the stone-fruit season is beginning. In Florida, light but steady volume is expected for the next 10-14 days out of the Plant City and Wauchula areas. On the East Coast of the state, production remains good out of Vero Beach and Fort Pierce. We should see some slight increases overt he next 7-10 days as North Florida and Georgia begin to break their deals. In the West, there are a few late stragglers hanging on out of Nogales.