Latest News From California Fall Fruit

Grapes are great for health, and August kicked off a big round of health messages for California grapes in print, on social media, online and over the airwaves.

California pomegranates are a true fall fruit, with nearly all shipments of whole fruit moved from September through December.

Granny smith and gala apples will be available from Kingsburg Orchards this fall.

Quince harvest will increase in September after starting in late August for Fresh Farms.

Bakersfield, Calif.-based Anthony Vineyards will feature big organic grape volume this fall.

California citrus growers anticipate a good-quality crop this fall, with early sizing a bit larger than last year.

Pomegranates are finally here, and California shippers will be serving them up until the end of the year.

The fall is a season of strength for California grape marketers.

Strawberry lovers will be happy to hear that a new crop of summer-planted California berries is just around the corner.

California pears will be available through most of October, and total shipments may equal about 2.2 million bartlett pears and 500,000 cartons of bosc pears.

The California Table Grape Commission has several initiatives promoting grapes throughout the fall season.

California kiwifruit marketers anticipate ample supplies of fruit for the fall.

California citrus suppliers and marketers say they will have ample volumes to market in the fall, even if the numbers fall a bit short of last year.

The California apple crop isn't big, but growers promote their crop with gusto during their short marketing window, from early August into early September.

California grapes will be plentiful this fall, grower-shippers and marketers forecast.

The California pomegranate deal looks to be on the small side again this year, after last year brought a near 15% reduction.

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Unusually warm weather in July and well into August in California’s San Joaquin Valley was affecting some fall fruit, but growers still anticipated flavorful, high-quality product during the autumn.

California growers are expected to produce 1.7 million 40-pound boxes of fresh apples this year, an increase from 1.5 million boxes last year, said Alex Ott, executive director of the Clovis-based California Apple Commi

Pomegranate growers are cautiously optimistic that they will have a more normal season this year, said Tom Tjerandsen, manager of the Sonoma, Calif.-based Pomegranate Council.

Shipments of California kiwifruit are expected to be down slightly compared to last year, and sizing may be a tad smaller, but growers say buyers won’t be disappointed by the quality.

Table grape growers in California’s San Joaquin Valley were hoping for cooler weather in early August after enduring an extensive heat wave with temperatures topping 100 degrees.

California fall fruits could start on the early side and with high sugar content after the state experienced some of the same 100-degree-plus summer weather felt elsewhere in the U.S.

California's kiwifruit crop appears likely to surpass last year's, when hail and wind damage took a bite out of volumes in the northern production areas of the Sacramento Valley.

California grapes are in the ballpark of an all-time high for volume, and more than 60% of the crop will ship after Sept. 1.

Here's what's happening on the California fall fruit scene.