Peak is April-August.

I did "my own research" on that subject. Everything the fat orange imbecile did was fine until he took away the folks who ACTUALLY WORKED on their farms. Stupid mf'ers. No sympathy. I'd replace their produce with frozen imported Chinese mainland veggies if I could. I'll keep looking until we get a sane President again.

ridding the US of food safety regulations too!

I continue to consume DU regardless.

I currently do not trust the government and the farmers that voted for that fat orange mf'er.

by making it great again. Tariffs and mass deportations are great for inflation in fruits and vegetables.

For the orange at Christmas treat, winter is orange season. Florida has other perennial problems like blight killing their orchards. But generally winter is the time to get in season oranges in the US from other states like California.

BUT... the FL oranges have been mainly bred for juicing where the CA oranges have been for out-of-hand eating. The 2 states have opposite types of climates (FL has a dry winter and rainy summer and CA a rainy winter and dry summer, crazy climate change aside).

But in either case, only having domestic citrus already limited during the period when it was normally available, itself drove up the cost.

Navel Orange Season (Eating Oranges)
Season: November through June.
Peak: January through April.
Characteristics: Seedless, easy to peel, sweet, and juicy.

Valencia Orange Season (Juicing Oranges)
Season: February through early November.
Peak: July through October.
Characteristics: High juice content, perfect for juicing, and may regreen in hot weather.

Other Citrus Varieties
Blood Oranges: Ripe in winter, typically from December to April.
Mandarins: In season from October to January.

I like mandarins

The "opposite" season countries like Brazil, supplement to provide year-round availability (except for some of the more "exotic" citrus like the Dekopon/Sumo mandarin, that I have grown and that I have seen more nowadays in the supermarket - but only certain times of the year).



Citrus orchards for limes are more rare in the continental U.S. due to their lack of hardiness. The lemons, on the other hand, are fine in those U.S. citrus-growing regions!

Yipers.

I wasn't sure I'd remembered correctly, because the whole idea sounded so weird, but that commercial proves I didn't imagine it!

How times have changed. Letting kids play with real fruits and vegetables like that would NEVER fly now (tariffs or no tariffs)!

That's how they originally came - plastic pieces that you actually stuck into potatoes. Then they came out with a plastic potato in the box to use.

Maybe 1970 or so

I saw a clip around 2000 of the original show and boy, it was a bit depressing. Such a time warp.

What a talent!

I know there are some problems with US citrus crops, but this is a first for us.
She paid $7.99 for a bag of 6 (5lb). Believe it or not, that's actually a pretty good price by today's standards.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000711411

since they were apparently attempting to reference "the United States" (although I know that Hawai'i has some strict import/export regs, including to/from the CONUS).

Citrus growing regions around the world

thanks for sharing

It's usually more like $1.49 in my area. Strawberries were $7.99/lb. Crazy!!!

Brocc is usually $3/lb here in Seattle at our Kroger-owned chain.

Maybe the rest of the US is catching up to us.

This is about the highest price I've seen at our chain grocers, but $3/lb for broccoli is ludicrous. I'm in Fairfield County, CT, which typically has a higher cost of living than most of the northeast. We don't have a ton of agriculture here, other than apples and corn, so my friends and neighbors are always groaning about the high cost of produce being shipped in. What you're paying is just nuts. I feel for you!

When I hear my Dad complain about $3.50/gallon in Ohio, I just laugh.

There are so many refineries in NJ, about an hour away. I'm paying around $3/ gal. If you go to Greenwich or Wilton, just a little south of me, you will definitely pay close to $5/ gal.

I mean, it's completely out of control. Middle class people are going to start skipping meals soon.

This is crazy.

Oh, wait, how much rice is grown in the U.S.? Is that going to start getting expensive, too? Damn!

But, with fruit-flation, I might have to develop a taste for dirt.

supplies to grow root vegetables in my raised beds this Winter. Can do that in California...anyone have hints on growing lettuce?

To replace lettuce.

I hear that lettuce and peas grow in cooler temps better. When I had pansies in a flower bed, I'd dump ice cubes on the bed to keep it cooler so they lived longer. I saw in Mother Earth a long time ago that someone grew peas under a tarp canopy to enhance their harvest.

through winter where you are. You might need to put some kind of insect cover over them (maybe do a hoop/tube type of cover) to keep the critters out (both animals and insects).

red tinge, delicious, vigorous. I've grown from seed but if you can find 6 packs, super easy. 5 or 6 per couple seems about right.

We have some warm weather still to come next month so if you can provide some afternoon shade for these might be good for a while longer. No problem near the coast or way up north.

"Studies have shown that liberal states have caused the....
"The problems in California can be laid at the feet of the Democrats....
" Fox News this morning will have Farmers onscreen that will show that fruit prices started rising long before Trump was elected and...

is the tendency to think parts of words can be used as new words. "Flation"? I mean, it's language abuse!

Ahh, good lord

But some of them are tough peeling and falling apart, all too juicy almost.
So since I'll probably throw some away, that makes them inflated in cost.

Living by myself now, I can't afford to throw food and especially fruit away. Maybe throw some into the bushes for the birds?

Packed in Florida and shipped to Chicago in Winter, courtesy of an aunt.

to get fresh fruits and veggies. Going back farther, my great uncle who served in WW1 told me that one year for Christmas he got an orange or two. Probably around 1900 or so. He was a horse person through and through and that's what he did in the war. I was maybe ten when he told me stories.
Now back to the fruit.

$1.99 to $2.99. Fresh broccoli. Beef is up too.

for years! Just thaw (and/or steam or blanche) and I mostly use in recipes although I never noticed much if any quality difference between using fresh with the same type of prep.

In the peak of hot months, i experiment with lean fridge so I can turn it off a few days before food shopping. Likewise I embrace the frigid weeks in winter. Nature meant us to experience extremes. And not pay the utility to mitigate them.

that is running ~-13F to -15F. They supposedly harvest and flash-freeze those frozen veggies so they are actually minimally processed before sale. As long as something is kept in air-tight containers (or vacuum-sealed packaging), then that minimizes any freezer burn.

Supermarkets haven't quite figured out to raise frozen vegetable prices to match seasonal scarcity but i bet they're studying it.

And I do use frozens here or there --- broccoli, Brussel sprouts, lima beans.

I usually buy frozen broccoli, corn, peas, stir-fry mixes (usually some variation of sliced carrots, green beans, red bell peppers, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, peas, baby corn, etc), spinach (whole or chopped).

And for my oatmeal, except for when I'll pare, core, and slice an apple, I rotate frozen peaches, blueberries, strawberries, and mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries). It is convenient! Of course that means my freezer (regular one) is usually full.

To keep us fed next Spring. Dig up the back yard and plant veggies

It's so great to have many to give to neighbor, mailman, caregivers, etc., and son is making homemade tomato sauce for the first time.
Money saved is not so much the issue in this instance, but the successful venture has been a plus for us

...this story doesn't surprise me at all.

will they EVER figure out the only tangible result for them from the WAR ON IMMIGRANTS is HIGHER FUCKING PRICES

$2 for one tomato?

Wait until the day there are no tomatoes in the shop and no matter how much money you have, you can't buy one.

There's still enough to eat but people who shop by recipe are going to have a tough go for a while.

Since this is the time fresh food is supposed to be the most abundant, I shudder to think what this winter will bring us.

Fucking moron Republicans.

At a Whole Foods in Vancouver, a single cauliflower went for $12..and some people were willing to pay that, apparently.