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