Merry Christmas!

marketnotes

From all of us at Keany Produce, we wish all our friends

a very happy and safe holiday. Please
remember that we are closed on Thursday,
December 25th and Friday, December 26th. We reopen
Saturday, December 27th to help you
prepare for New Years.

Produce Market Report December 23, 2014

Good Buys

Grapefruit: The citrus,

especially grapefruit coming
out of Florida now is
outstanding! The color is a
deep, rich red and the tangy
fruit is incredibly juicy. Just
what a cold winter morning
calls for! Another idea is to
pop a half into the oven
sprinkled with brown sugar
and drizzled with Gran
Marnier. Warmth galore!

Leafy items: Shippers in the

west are looking to move
their very nice quality greens
this week. Iceberg, romaine,
romaine hearts, green and
red leaf are all bargain priced
and outstanding quality.

GOOD BUY
Iceberg,
romaine, green
and red leaf

Beets

Clementines
Oranges,
lemons
and limes

Avocados: The avocado crop

Apples

in Mexico is producing
abundant supplies with good
quality and pricing.

Blackberries
and blueberries

Celery root, rutabagas and

parsnips: You cant beat
root vegetables this time of
the year for great flavor and
pricing. Celery root or celeriac
makes a very tasty salad and a
nice compliment to pate for
holiday parties.

prices right now on a

perennial seasonal favorite.
The peel virtually falls off in
your hand and the fruit eats
like candy!

Navel oranges and lemons: The fruit is still coming

in with even better quality
and good prices. Limes are
also good now.

KEEP IN
MIND
Red currants
Eggnog
Cara cara
oranges
Persimmons
Blood oranges
Raspberries

Local apples: New varieties

Candy cane beets: Why

not give these beauties a try?
They are also known as
Chioggia beets and we are
featuring them along with red
and gold fresh beets this
week.

Butternut and spaghetti

squash: Local production
still the source of butternut
and spaghetti. We have
moved to the west for acorn.

still arriving from local

growers. Have you tried the
Rome apples from Bear
Mountain? It is a premium
cooking apple. Fujis are also
moving very well along with
Jonagolds, Galas, Gold
delicious, Pink Ladies and
Granny Smiths.

Blackberries and
blueberries: We have
moved from Argentina to
Chile for blueberries and the
prices are dropping nicely.
Blackberries are nice out of
Mexico.

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seem to have topped out on

strawberries but the supply is
still very tight. We do not
anticipate a decline in prices
for several weeks, however. A
few stem strawberries are
coming out of California.

Root vegetables

Butternut and
spaghetti
squash

Zucchini and
yellow squash
Green beans
Broccoli and
cauliflower

WATCH
Strawberries
All melons

Red Currants: The perfect

complement to your holiday
buffet is a gorgeous bunch of red
currants. We only have them a
few short weeks so make sure to
try them!

Eggnog: Make Keany your easy

one-source for holiday cheer and
add eggnog to the order today!

Cara cara oranges: We just got

our first shipment of cara caras
from California and are they ever
beautiful!

Persimmons: We will only have

persimmons for another week.

Blood oranges: The blood

oranges are very popular but keep
in mind that the color is a bit pale.

Raspberries: There is no
problem with supplies or great
quality but the prices have been
creeping up a bit this week from
both California and Mexico.

Zucchini and yellow squash:

Finally coming down in price as
we source from Florida and
Mexico.

Green beans: Prices out of

Asparagus

Florida are coming down. We also

have yellow wax beans and
cranberry beans.

Peppers

Broccoli and broccoli crowns:

Brussels
sprouts

Prices are coming down.

Green grapes

WATCH
Strawberries: The prices

Avocados

Grapefruit

Clementines: Awesome

KEEP IN MIND

Cantaloupe, honeydews
and watermelons:
Cantaloupes have spiked up
tremendously in the last week
out of Central America.
Honeydews are also high.
There is no relief in sight for
the spike in watermelon
prices, either.

Green grapes: Although we

are still pulling out of
California for reds, lunch
bunch and black seedless, the
green grapes are now coming
from either Chile or Peru and
the prices are high for green.

Asparagus: The market has

peaked out and cant get any
higher. We have white and
purple asparagus from Peru.

Red and yellow peppers:

Red are now in 15lb. packs
and fairly active. We have
yellow in 11 lb packs.

Brussels sprouts: This

Christmas staple has shot up.

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