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The 31st of May was the ho�est in Spain for the last 50 years and in Seville

the thermometers reached 40 degrees. If the high temperatures con!nue

the Strawberry fields will quickly be burned and at the same !me the

Melons in Murcia will get a much needed injec!on of sugar.

All over Spain it has become cheaper for the consumer to purchase fruit

and vegetables in 2010. Prices have decreased by 15.7% in the first quarter

compared to the same period last year. Valencia for instance has

experienced prices 23% lower than last year whilst in Asturias they only

went down 6%. Wholesale markets showed prices 11.4% lower and the

biggest decreases were found in the Supermarkets where prices were

18.5% lower than the same period last year.

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Carrots:

Excellent quality and all formats and sizes

are available.

Celery:

Ends this week.

Cherries:

In Valle de Jerte they have begun with

the California varie!es which have longer

shelf life than the Bourlat and in general

are much more resistant.

Corn:

Few kg available in 15x2 from Almeria

and Sevilla is ge8ng ready to begin the

season in week 23-24.

Courge�es:

Quality remains excellent and we have

another 2 weeks le;.

Garlic:

Granada and Cordoba have been harvest-

ed and are wai!ng for the produce to

dry. The season is about to commence

Apricot:

Murcia has a large supply of the Bulida

and Mauricio varie!es but there is not a

serious demand for these yellow varie-

!es. There are few kg available of large

orange Apricots in Northern Spain. High-

er prices and only few kilos available.

Avocado:

The Season has ended, so only stocked

fruit now.

Blackberry:

The season con!nues normally and prices

are going down.

Blueberry:

Very good quality and compe!!ve prices.

Supply is sufficient.

Broccoli:

Organic broccoli will finish from Spain on

Friday and conven!onal has another 2

weeks le;.

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with an ini!al demand higher than usual

since China asks for much higher prices than

usual.

Grapes:

No par!cular demand and the first few kg of

Seedless Grapes will not be available for

another 2 weeks.

Leeks:

New crop ready from Cadiz

Lemon:

The demand for Spanish Lemons is decreas-

ing since new crop from the Southern Hemi-

sphere are star!ng to arrive in Europe.

However prices are also high on Argen-

!nean Lemons so prices are not yet under a

lot of pressure. Quan!!es from South Afri-

ca and Argen!na are almost insignificant so

large European retailers have prolonged the

Spanish season up to 4 weeks and so there

probably isn’t enough fruit so sa!sfy that de-

mand. Prices con!nue very high.

Melons:

We predict a lack of Watermelons in sizes 5-6,

some in sizes 3 to 4 and most in larger sizes…

which means Watermelons from 10 kg and

up..each !!!! A combina!on of low demand

and grower specula!on has led to this situa-

!on. Awai!ng the beginning of outdoor Mel-

ons from Murcia, the supply from Almeria is

sufficient only lacking smaller sizes of Galia

and Cantaloup. From Murcia we expect the

first quan!!es of Honeydew the next two

weeks and from week 25 large quan!!es.

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Supply is insufficient and it’s basically on-

ly possible to serve on a day to day basis

since no fruits are stocked.

Plums:

Sevilla is right now the only area of Spain

with quan!!es of Red Beauty. The major-

ity are sizes 6 and 7. Prices are high since

only few kg are available and even

though they only started new crop it

won’t be long before there is another gap

in produc!on again. There is simply a

serious lack of Plums in the neighbouring

province of Extremadura which is the

largest produc!on area in Europe for

plums. Extremadura normally starts a

week or two a;er Seville but has been hit

even harder by the climate. We expect

con!nuous high prices during the next 4-

6 weeks due to the lack of produce.

Oranges:

The season is about to end and mainly

because of the specula!on amongst

growers which only lead to even more

waste of what would have been healthy

fruits. Absolutely nothing indicates that

this will change in the near future and

right now it is basically impossible to pro-

cure Oranges at a normal price.

Paraguayos:

Now with much more volume although

prices are s!ll high. Available in loose and

punnets.

Peaches/ Nectarines:

The current situa!on with a high percent-

age of waste means that prices maintain

steady. The produc!ve areas now are

Huelva and Sevilla whilst Extremadura

and Murcia are slowly beginning. All

those areas have been suffering from the

weather while the trees were blossoming

and produc!vity is consequently very

low. The only area not really affected is

Lerida in Northern Spain but they do not

commence un!l late June.

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Potatoes:

Small new potatoes are finishing so mainly

sizes 35+ available now.

Raspberry:

Very good quality of the three main varie-

!es Sugana, Maravilla and Tulameen. There

is now availability of Raspberries from Valle

del Jerte.

Strawberry:

This week we see how volumes have de-

creased for export and right now prices be-

ing paid are below the actual cost price. As

a consequence many growers have decided

to end the season. However quality is actu-

ally very sa!sfactory.

Tomatoes:

All sizes and varie!es available but no de-

mand for export.

Turnips:

New crop has begun and all sizes and for-

mats are available.

Organic field vs Non organic

The pictures below are from 2 planta!ons in

Extremadura one organic and the other treat-

ed with legal insec!cides. They are approxi-

mately only 500 metersw apart.

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