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UPDATE: CANTALOUPE AND HONEYDEW
October 22, 2020
Domestic Markon First Crop (MFC) Cantaloupe and Honeydew Melons are available out of the Arizona desert harvesting region. The domestic season will run through the week of November 23.
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Cantaloupe and honeydew markets are easing as supplies ramp up in Arizona and Mexico
- Domestic supplies are adequate; the weather has been favorable
- Quality is good; fall melons have a light green cast due to fewer daylight hours and cooler temperatures
- Sugar levels range from 11-14 Brix for cantaloupe and 11-13 for honeydew
- New crop packer label Mexican cantaloupes and honeydews (crossing through Nogales, Arizona) are also on the market
- Offshore packer label melons will begin arriving on the East Coast in mid-November and on the West Coast by December 7
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