Oxnard 4/14/08

Gentlemen
Reporting from the Oxnard district, as you are probably aware, we had record highs this past weekend, temps reaching into the mid 90's and some cases the high 90's, not exactly conducive to good berry weather. Pics 1087 & 1088, the beginning of the hot weekend, strong winds blowing dirt and temps into the 90's. Pics 1089,1090,1091,1097 & 1098, show the sunburn and blistered fruit we are seeing on all the ranches, some ranches have minor problems while others have a more severe case of sunburn fruit. We are harvesting on our regular schedule, the workers have instructions to throw away any fruit that looks questionable. The fruit that passes through our QC people looks fine. The volume will be down for the next few days, once we get back to moderate temps the plants will begin to show new fruit and flowers. The sun damaged fruit can be seen in the pics, the skin will discolor and actually show blistering of the skin, the green and white fruit will show a brown or bronzing color.