date:Jan 08, 2014
or WA-grown Hass this week. Tristan Harris, of Harris Farm, said $4.99 was the price for top of the range avocados. We don't sell many at that price, he said.
West Australian grower Ben Walker, of Delroy Orchards, said this season's Hass crop was about 30 per cent the size of last season's, but he said individual fruit was generally bigger this year.
Tony Nigro, price reporting officer for Fresh State (Melbourne Wholesale Market), said consumers could not expect much price relief in the short