Market Summary - November 14, 2008

What’s new for this week: organic gold and scarlet turnips, watermelon radish, red sunchokes, and baby parsnips from Wisconsin, kumquats and dragon fruit from Florida, lady apples, persimmons, Buddha hand, and Meyer lemons from California, and crab apples from Canada.

Bargains of the week are: radicchio, star fruit and artichokes .

Tight or rising markets are: most peppers due to transition, baby lettuces, and french beans.

Domestic chanterelle mushrooms are in still good supply and prices are reasonable. A few domestic hedgehog mushrooms and black trumpet mushrooms are also available. King oyster, shiitake,hon schmedji, and chef’s blend, are available, and are good wild mushroom substitutes. Chef’s blend assorted pack mushrooms, consists of: equal portions king oyster, maitaki, hon schmedji, and white alba clamshell.

Plenty of interesting fruit is available: sekel pears, quince, dragon fruit, crab apples, kumquats, star fruit, fuyu persimmons, pomegranates, baby gala apples, meyer lemons, kiwano melons, forelli pears, lady apples, pear apples and Buddha hand.

Remember S & M Produce is open Saturdays, to better serve our customers.

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