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Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.

As more consumers eat more avocados during more dayparts, the fruit is turning up on more restaurant menus.

Several California growers offer the new GEM avocado, but credit for bringing the variety to the forefront should go to Index Fresh Inc., Riverside, Calif.

Mexican table grape production is down this year compared with 2019 but promotable volumes will start earlier.

Mexico’s share of the U.S. mango market will increase dramatically through the spring and into the summer.

The best consumers of fresh mangoes in the U.S. are younger Hispanic and Asian shoppers on the West Coast, according to results from The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2020 survey.

California’s avocado crop is expected to rebound in 2020, with the state’s growers shipping 369 million pounds — about a 70% increase over last year — according to the Irvine-based California Avocado Commission.

Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., will be starting its Mexican table grape program in mid-May.

California summer fruit grower-shippers traditionally credit weather with having a say in what kind of season they’ll have.

Fresh fruit sales were up about 9% for the four-week period, while fresh vegetable sales were up 25%.