PHOENIX Shipping Point Prices as of 14-APR-2000

Provided by:  Fruit and Vegetable Market News,
              Federal-State Market News Service, USDA.

Phone: (602) 379-3066    Fax: (602) 379-3160

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Mercedes Cloudy 67-86
McAllen Fair 67-86
Rio Grande City Fair 64-89


LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS
Sales F.O.B. Shipping Point and Delivered Sales Shipping Point Basis

ONIONS AND POTATOES
2000 Season
---ONIONS DRY: SUPPLY FAIRLY LIGHT. DEMAND GOOD. MARKET YELLOW COLOSSAL,
 RED, AND WHITE ABOUT STEADY; YELLOW JUMBO SACKS SLIGHTLY LOWER, OTHERS
 HIGHER. Harvesting curtailed in some fields due to wet conditions. Yellow
 Grano Type 50 lb sks col 6.00-7.00 mostly 6.00-6.50 few lower jbo 5.00-6.00
 mostly 5.00-5.50 med 8.00-10.00 mostly 10.00 occas lower rpkr sz 8.00-10.00
 mostly 10.00 Super Colossal 7.00-8.00 few lower 40 lb ctns jbo 7.00-8.00
 mostly 8.00 few best 9.00 White 50 lb sks jbo 10.00-12.00 mostly 10.00
occas lower med 10.00-12.00 mostly 10.00 rpkr sz 10.00-12.00 Red Globe Type
 25 lb sks jbo 4.00-5.00 mostly 4.50-5.00 occas higher med 3.50 few
 higher and lower

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS
Sales F.O.B. Shipping Point and Delivered Sales Shipping Point Basis

ONIONS AND POTATOES
2000 Season
---ONIONS DRY: DEMAND MODERATE. MARKET JUMBO SLIGHTLY HIGHER, MEDIUM
 ABOUT STEADY Red Globe Type 25 lb sks jbo 4.50-5.00 med 3.50-4.00