The production volumes have started to improve after a very slow cold start to the season.
Currently the main volume we have had can be attributed to the newer Ventana variety. This is a large pointy ended berry and is a good early cropper. The more traditional variety Camarosa has been affected by the cold overcast weather and volumes from this variety have been poor with a lot of berry being rejected through grading.
The downside of the good Ventana production – which doesn’t do so well in December – is that the longer the current cool overcast weather continues, the more likely that there will be poor production in that important Christmas week period.
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