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Pacific Trellis Fruit of Los Angeles recently announced it will launch of its Southern and Eastern peach program for the summer season.
Designed to provide a seamless, high-quality domestic peach supply, the program will feature fruit sourced from leading growers across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Running from May through September, the program ensures consistent availability and optimal eating quality throughout the summer months. By partnering with trusted growers across multiple states, Pacific Trellis Fruit reinforces its commitment to delivering premium fruit with exceptional flavor, appearance, and condition.
“Our goal is to bring the best of the East Coast and Southern growing regions together into one cohesive program,” said Mike Blume, East Coast Sales Manager of Pacific Trellis Fruit. “By aligning with top-tier growers and focusing on regional strengths, we’re able to deliver a premium peach experience that meets the expectations of today’s consumers while creating meaningful value for our retail partners.”
“This program is a key component in strengthening our overall fruit portfolio,” added Eric Coty, Executive Vice President of Fruit for Pacific Trellis Fruit. “By expanding our peach offerings domestically across multiple regions, we’re excited to provide our customers with a more complete and compelling summer peach program. With over 20 years of experience, Mike Blume brings a keen understanding of the finer points of this dynamic deal, and we believe his proven experience in the program will serve our customers well.”
A key highlight of the program is the exclusive offering of Chambersburg peaches from South Central Pennsylvania. Available only through Pacific Trellis Fruit during the month of August, these peaches are widely regarded for their superior sweetness, juiciness, and rich heritage. This exclusive window offers retail partners a unique opportunity to differentiate their stone fruit category during peak season.
About Pacific Trellis Fruit
Pacific Trellis Fruit is one of North America’s top year-round importers, growers, and marketers of premium fresh fruit, including melons, grapes, stone fruit, cherries, and citrus. In 2014, Dulcinea was acquired by Pacific Trellis Fruit and became their consumer-facing brand. Dulcinea is the pioneer of the PureHeart personal seedless watermelon, the Tuscan-Style cantaloupe, SunnyGold yellow mini seedless watermelon, and Pure Perfection melons. Pacific Trellis Fruit’s corporate headquarters is in Los Angeles, CA, with sales offices in Fresno, CA, and Philadelphia, PA.
Ohio vegetable shipments have gotten an early start, while Ontario vegetables are building in volume. Eastern peach loadings remain steady.
Vegetable shipments out of Ohio got underway a week to 10 days early this year. For example, Buurma Farms of Williard, OH started with radishes mid-May, and dill, cilantro and turnip and mustard greens by the end of the month. Beets, lettuces, parsley, sweet corn, green onions and celery were to following in short order
Ohio radish loadings started in mid-May and continue to mid-November, with other commodities starting in June and winding down in October. For example, sweet corn, celery and peppers likely will start in mid- to late July and go to the first frost.
Ohio sweet corn and many other vegetables are shipped to destinations in the Midwest, East and South.
In late June, shipments begin for cabbage and green beans and the second week of July for corn.
Ontario Vegetable Shipments
Canada’s Ontario province vegetable shipments are now coming on and will be in full shipping mode in July. While asparagus loading have been occurring since early May, items such as zucchini starts in late June and sweet corn will be available the first half of July. Other items range from eggplant, to red and green peppers, colored potatoes and cluster tomatoes.
Eastern Peach Shipments
South Carolina peach shipments are good and will remain so approaching the 4th of July. Loadings are expected to decrease some after the holiday, but then pick back up the second half of July. Steady shipments are seen through August, before the season winds down in early September.
Georgia peach shipments remain strong, with a season similar to that of South Carolina. Georgia is reporting its finest crop in at least a decade.
Georgia peach shipments – grossing about $2600 to New York City.
Peruvian Avocado Imports
Peru should export about 100 million pounds of hass avocados to the U.S. this season — about the same as a year ago.
However, expect more fruit next season due to newly planted trees starting to bear fruit in 2017. Exports to the U.S. and other parts of the world will increase by 20 percent. About 25 percent of Peru’s avocado exports are destined for the U.S.