date:Jun 27, 2016
h resulted in bigger-sized fruit and importers who were previously notified of small fruit were short on smaller sizes, which was a surprise.
South African season started early
Despite grapefruit being down in volume and Star Ruby grapefruit down about 25 percent from the previous year, Peter Martino of FPD East said that, although the drought might have affected sizing, in terms of quality everything has been good.
According to Martino, lemons are also seeing a tight market, but supplies are