News and Stories

Markon First Crop (MFC) Grapes are available in 21-pound portion packs; quality is good. Recent rainfall in California’s San Joaquin Valley growing area has ended this season’s harvests. All remaining stocks will be pulled from storage until the Chilean season starts in mid- to late December. Growers will be monitoring storage supplies and demand over the next six to eight weeks to ensure there are adequate supplies on the market until new crop Chilean volume increases in early January.

Lunch Bunch Grapes

• MFC Grapes are available in 21-pound portion packs; quality is good
• The market remains stable, but is poised to rise at the end of November
• MFC supplies will be available through mid-December, then packer label domestic supplies will be shipped through mid-January
• New crop Chilean packer label Lunch Bunch grapes are expected to become available in mid-January

Green Seedless Grapes

• The remaining storage supplies are exhibiting a wide range of quality
• Dry stems, soft texture, and straw coloring are concerns
• High quality fruit is commanding elevated prices
• Flavor is sweet; sugar levels are averaging 18 Brix
• Early estimates are predicting a possible gap in supply between California domestic and new crop Chilean fruit due to quality issues and low volume
• Prices are steady at high levels, but will continue to increase over the next several weeks
• New crop Peruvian Sugraone green seedless stocks are available for loading on the East Coast
• West Coast supplies will be limited until California storage volume is depleted
• The market is higher than prices for California green seedless grapes
• Supplies are tight; volume levels are not expected until early December
• Berry size is large to extra-large; shape is round
• Flavor is tart; sugar levels are low

Red Seedless Grapes

• The season for Markon Essentials Red Seedless (ESS) Grapes will end this week and start again next summer
• Red seedless Vintage and Scarlet varieties will ship through next week
• Crimson variety red seedless supplies will be on the market the week of November 30
• Flavor is sweet; sugar levels range from 19 to 20 Brix
• Berry size will be large; shape will be round
• Prices are slowly increasing as the California season winds down
• New crop Peruvian Flame red seedless stocks will be on the market next week
• Supplies will be available for loading on the East Coast
• West Coast supplies will be limited
• Berry size will be medium to large; shape will be round
• Flavor will be tart to sweet; sugar levels will be lower than California red seedless fruit

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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