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** COMING SOON 10-14 days ** - Corn, yellow watermelon, green peppers, field tomatoes, golden plums and blueberries.** UPDATE ** ONTARIO STONE FRUIT- Approximate start dates: Cherries–July 12 / Yellow Plums–July 21 / Apricots–July 28 / Peaches–July 28 / Nectarines–Aug 3 / Blue Plums–Aug 19 / Blue Grapes–Aug 15** LAST WEEK ** ASPARAGUS - Supplies of Ontario asparagus season to end this week.GREEN/WAX BEANS - The Ontario bean season has started with very light supplies of green and yellow.BROCCOLI BUNCHED/CROWNS - Broccoli season is getting started this week with bunched product. Crowns will follow mid week. Quality is reported as very good.GREEN ZUCCHINI - Supplies of green and yellow zucchini have improved. Prices have eased.ENGLISH PEAS - Fresh Ontario peas continue with good supplies - both in pod and shelled.GREENS - Collard greens, dandelion greens, green and red kale and green and red swiss chard. CHINESE VEGETABLES - Ontario shanghi bok choy and bok choy are both now available. STRAWBERRIES - Strawberry growers are starting to ramp up production. Good supply until the first frost.BUNCH RADISH – Ontario bunch radish continues, with good supplies.HOTHOUSE TOMATO - Ontario red vine and hothouse tomatoes continue with average supply. Gourmet medley, yellow grape and Campari are also available with good supply.HOTHOUSE PEPPERS - Red, yellow and orange hothouse bell peppers are in a demand exceeds supply. RHUBARB - Ontario greenhouse rhubarb season is finished. The field grown crop is in full swing.ONION - Ontario yellow onions continue with good quality and good supplies.CARROT - Heirloom carrots continue with just fair quality and steady suppliesMUSHROOMS - Mushrooms continue to be short; especially buttons. POTATO – Large #1 chefs are getting tight. Yukon Golds are finished and transitioned to US product.CABBAGE – Green cabbage is starting soon. Red and savoy cabbage will start by the end of July.ENGLISH CUCUMBERS – Local production continues. Production continues to be very strong. APPLES – The Ontario apple season continues with McIntosh and Empires in light supply.HOTHOUSE LETTUCE - Hydroponic Salanova supplies are good with very good quality. Hydroponic boston supplies are much better with very good quality.

Carrots: Mexican Jumbo carrots are increasing in price due to rain causing shortages.Potatoes Red & Yellow: Red and yellow potato supplies are limited.Leaf: Market is softer on carton romaine, although romaine hearts will be tight all week.Strawberries: Supplies will remain snug moving into the weekend.Apples: Golden Delicious apples are tight and may not be available between mid-July and early August.

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• POTATOES New crop red and yellow potatoes remain limited as demand exceeds supply. Markets will remain volatile for the month of July. Ontario will start new potatoes in early August.

• ONIONS Expect to see declining markets as we head into next week. Demand is slowing down as the 4th of July and Canada Day pull has passed.

• LIMESThere is plenty of volume to push out on all sizes, markets continue to remain very reasonable.

• LETTUCES ICEBERG - Supplies continue to be light and this will continue for the entire week. Triggered pricing is in effect on value-added items. Demand continues to exceed supplies. Quebec iceberg lettuce continues with good supplies and heavy demand. The primary pack from Quebec is 24ct cello wrapped.ROMAINE / LEAF - Romaine hearts will be light in availability all week. Green leaf is the most active and red leaf supplies have tightened up as well. Triggered pricing is in effect on value-added romaine and green leaf items. Quebec green leaf, red leaf and romaine continue with good volume and heavy demand.SPRING MIX, SPINACH & BABY KALESpinach supplies look to be in good shape going into next week. Quality is good with occasional yellowing and bruising of the tender leaves.ROCKET ARUGULA / WATERCRESSArugula supplies continue to be a little on the tight side. Weather has negatively affected the supply of baby red kale and it will not be available for the foreseeable future. Bunched watercress quality and availability is good.

• APPLESGood supplies of imported Royal Gala’s and Grannies. The quality on most of the imports has been excellent.

• BRUSSELS SPROUTS The brussels sprouts market continues to adjust as more supply is in the pipeline.

• CELERY Plenty of production to meet demand due the school summer holidays. Quebec celery is scheduled to start around July 17th.

• CORNAs we have passed the Fourth of July and Canada Day holiday pulls, supplies will steadily get better. Local corn will start in about 2 weeks.

• AVOCADOSInventories of Mexican fruit are depleted as the industry is limited on options. Demand exceeds supply, and fruit is holding at a premium. Suppliers are scrambling to cover orders.

• GOLD PINEAPPLES The majority of the world’s supply of pineapples are sourced from Costa Rica and shortages are widespread. Will take 10-14 days for supplies to return to normal and prices will remain elevated until supplies improve.

• MELONCANTALOUPES - The fruit has started ramping up and seeing a steady supply on smaller fruit with opportunity buys available. New crop fruit is showing excellent internal and external quality.HONEYDEWS - Production will ramp up expecting better volume next week. We are currently overlapping with the desert still producing fruit. We will see the desert run for another few weeks.

• TOMATOES EAST - East coast supply has shrunk as production begins to transition to regional summer growing operations.WEST - Mexican tomato prices are steady from last week. Duties are set at 17.56% of the value of tomatoes crossing into the US directly affecting the cost of goods.

• STONE FRUIT Good availability on all stone fruit. Limited fruits in very large or very small sizes. 60-70ct sizes are good. Quality has been excellent and demand has been lighter than normal. Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and now pluots are available.

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• ASPARAGUSMarkets continue to be flat as local and import growing regions are having production all at once

• CAULIFLOWER The recent warm weather has pushed fields forward and yields have started to decrease. Quality is good with minor bruising. Quebec should start around the 21st of July.

• MANGOESCurrent sizing is peaking on 10 count, followed by 9 count and 12 count. The larger sizes, like 7 and 8 counts, are becoming more available in combination with smaller sizes.

• PEARSInventory will continue to diminish (especially on 110ct and smaller).

• GRAPEFRUIT Internal and external color is nice with high brix. Volume is increasing daily, peaking on 36/40 count.

• GARLIC SCAPES - From BC• SEA ASPARAGUS - From BC• PORCINI- From Oregon• SUMMER TRUFFLES- From Spain• WINTER TRUFFLES - From Australia• BLUEFOOT - From France• MOREL MUSHROOMS - From BC• CHANTERELLE - From Bulgaria

• EGGPLANT EAST - Eggplant supply is starting to wind down.WEST - Both fancy and choice grade are being packed. Quality is currently fair at best.

• PEPPERS EAST - We expect the market to stay steady for the next couple of weeks. Ontario should start around the third week of July.WEST - Moderate and good supplies of serrano, green and jalapeños. Light supplies of red peppers.

• CITRUS - LEMONSSupplies continue to remain tight on 140’s and smaller. Prices continue to stay strong on both choice and fancy fruit.

• CHERRIESState-wide cherry volumes have lessened each year and this year’s volume is predicted to be smaller than last year.

• GREEN ONIONS Green onion supply continues to be plentiful. Quebec green onions production has ramped up and supplies are easily meeting demand.

• BEANSGreen bean supplies continue to be very tight. Snipped bean supplies are tight and are being pro-rated with good quality and triggered pricing

• BROCCOLI The broccoli market continues to stay steady and plentiful. Ontario bunched broccoli has started and will continue to ramp up through the week.

• CUCUMBERS EAST - Cucumber supplies are tight. Local field cucumbers will start mid-this weekWEST - Market continues to be steady.

• WATERMELON The seedless watermelon market remains low as summer demand continues to be light. Local seedless and yellow flesh will start around the middle of August.

• ORANGES Late season navels are at the tail end of the season; the majority of suppliers have transitioned to Valencia’s. Supply has peaked on 72/88. 56 count and larger are becoming increasingly available in the late lanes variety. 113/138 count are in tight supply at the moment.

• BERRIES BLUEBERRIESMichigan and Ontario are about 3 weeks away.RASPBERRIESRaspberries are still in good supply. Look for the market to remain steady.BLACKBERRIESBlackberries are in short supply but that situation is improving.STRAWBERRIESStrawberry numbers remain unseasonably light for this time of year. Many shippers are still reporting reduced yields. The quality is gradually improving.

• ZUCCHINI EAST - Zucchini supplies are coming from numerous places but at the moment none of them have a large supply.WEST -There are better supplies of green than yellow.

• GRAPES Green and red grapes supplies remain in excellent shape. Quality is good on both.

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