Dade County growers began to plant potatoes and pick squash. Southwestern producers started to pick tomatoes. Growers are marketing snap beans, cucumbers, pickles, peppers, squash, sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelons and okra. Hand picking started with a very light volume marketed. Quality and sizes are fair.
Yield is poor to fair.
Condition is good. Picking of a very light volume is expected to start soon. Harvest ing is expected to begin in two to three weeks. Pods are three to four inches long with picking expected to begin in seven to ten days. Crop condition is mostly good.