date:Dec 03, 2013
Quebec apple growers, with an above average-sized crop to sell, are bracing for a drop in price as Washington apples arrive.
In mid-October we were at around 2.1 million bushels, with almost 1.7 million bushels of that in controlled-atmosphere storage, said Stephanie Levasseur, vice president of the Longueuil-based Quebec Federation of Apple Producers.
Its the highest number weve ever seen in storage, Levasseur said.
The market started high and started well, she said, after negotiations betwe