According to the USDA’s latest cold storage report, table grape stocks in the U.S. market on Oct. 15 were lower than in the previous two seasons.
According to the West Coast bimonthly report, 10.6 million boxes of grapes were registered in storage as of a couple days ago. As of this time last year, there were 11.1 million boxes, and in 2019, there were 11.7 million.
However, it is up from the 9.3 million boxes registered on Sept. 31.
Some of the major differences in volume between last year and this year are as follows:
Autumn Royal: Up to 356,000 from 231,000
Autumn Crisp: Up to 839,000 from 486,000
Autumn King: Up to 3.1 million from 2.3 million
Allison: Up to 1.1 million from 582,000
Scarlet Royal: Down to 1.3 million from 2.1 million
Timco: Down to 194,000 from 589,000
‘Other White’: Down to 818,000 from 1.2 million
‘Other Red’: Down to 1.2 million from 2 million
‘Other Black: Up tp 646,000 from 386,000
To the nearest 1,000, all figures have been rounded
