date:May 05, 2014
ble price this year. Other years we're in a glut and it's very low; you're looking at a $10-$16 market; and they're still reaching their $18-$26 now for a 10-kilo or nine-kilo box.
But he's warning growers to be aware of the quality of their fruit, and select only the best to keep the market happy.
Some people got in early and had a disastrous start... the skin's just deteriorated and went brown... and it turned up at the markets... and the buyers would bring it back, he said.
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