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Peru’s onion season is off to a slow start, but quality is good and production is expected to increase over last season.

Portland, Ore.-based USA pears kicked off the start of the 2018 harvest season with actress Amy Smart’s new role as official spokesperson for the group.

The storm clouds have fled and sunshine has returned, but it will take North Carolina sweet potato growers several days to assess damage from Hurricane Florence.

North Carolina sweet potato growers are scrambling to harvest as much of their crop as possible before Hurricane Florence makes landfall.

Exports account for a significant amount of Northwest cherry volume.

With no severe frost or winter damage, growers of New Jersey blueberries expect a good crop for 2018, with harvest start dates lagging a little from a year ago.

This season Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Cos. will market and sell for Deming, N.M.-based Billy the Kid Produce LLC.

Importers report good volume and quality for Peruvian asparagus, with interest expected to tick up as production in numerous other regions finishes up.

Apple grower-shippers in New York report a promising bloom set up by near perfect weather throughout the state in May.

A late start for Peruvian avocados this summer means shippers should be able to stretch supplies into October, said Xavier Equihua, CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Peruvian Avocado Commission.