Oxnard 2/25/09

Good afternoon from Oxnard,
The fields have dried out nicely, we have had some very favorable weather the last few days, what a difference a few good days make. The cleanup of rain damaged fruit is just about complete, very few "bad" fruit remain on the plants. The plants are beginning to load up with some very nice fruit, we have all stages coming. The size and condition look to be excellent. We are just days away from a substantial increase in our volume, with decent weather, we should in a "normal" harvest pattern, and rolling right into the full swing of the Southern California season.

Steve

California blues 2/23/09

Attached are some photos from Santa Maria. As you can see, the fruit is very large in size. We are packing 12 - 6oz and can get 12 - 4.4 oz if needed. These are the emerald variety. We will be harvesting California blues through April.

Oxnard 2/9/09

Rain damaged fruit picked for juice on it's way to the processor. The furrows remained wet and with the showers today, harvest was curtailed until tomorrow. Will take at least two days to complete a round of clean up, hopefully we can be back into fresh harvest towards the end of the week.

Florida 2/6/09

The photo above was taken in Florida early this morning. Temps got as low as 20 degrees so they had to run water. After today, temps will be much warmer. We should be able to harvest again on Monday the 9th!

Oxnard 2/3/09

The fruit quality, color and sheen have been great in Oxnard. The numbers will continue to increase over the next several weeks with mild weather. We are expecting to have a huge increase during week 9!