Chilean mandarins could see smaller sizing this season
Preparations are underway to ship Chilean clementines.
“The early Chilean deal looks very good, with an increase in volume by five to 10 percent from the North. It looks like the crop may have smaller sizing, and Peru looks similar to last year as well,” says Norman Barro Jr. of International Fruit Co. in Hammonton, NJ. With shipments starting from Chile and Peru this week, the first arrivals will be seen in the middle of May
The season for Chilean and Peruvian clementines goes from May until July when supplies switch over to W. Murcott, which should arrive in North America in the beginning of August.