date:Feb 07, 2014
reased by frost and Florida and California citrus volumes are lighter because of frost last fall, he said.
Chiles freeze probably will reduce its pear crop 30 to 35 percent and its export of pears to the U.S. probably will drop from 3.5 million last season to 3 million this season, Moffitt remarked. Argentine Bartlett may be down 10 to 12 percent, he said.
Meanwhile, China, which opened to U.S. pears for the first time a year ago, has taken 160,000 boxes of Northwest pears so far this season,