Guest guest Posted December 19, 2003 Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 Eric, What is your personal e-mail or can someone give it to me. I lost the card you gave it to me on. Thank you fentressfamily Simon Fentress >Nora Lenz <nmlenz >RawSeattle >RawSeattle >Re: [RawSeattle] Citrus Advisory >Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:05:50 -0800 > >I talked to the guy who orders all the produce for PCC yesterday, to ask >whether he could get South Tex citrus for me at a cheaper price than I can >get >from them directly, as Helen mentioned. He said he could only get Hamlins >from >them but didn't know the price. He did say he can sell cases of the >Valencias >they have now for $28-29 (a case is 35-40 pounds). The only store that >won't >sell them at this price is Issaquah, who sticks by the book policy (the one >they're all supposed to go by) and charges 10% under regular retail. In >the >meantime I went to the Iss store and sampled the Valencias. The one I >tried >was juicy and flavorful, but very acidic. Maybe I'm spoiled because >earlier in >the year I was getting some fabulously sweet organic Valencias from Trader >Joes. Still waiting for my oranges from Texas ... >Nora > > >Linda Reeves wrote: > > > I second that John...especially at the West Seattle PCC. They told me >that > > Valencia's are going out (darn) and Navals are coming in (not as juicy). > > That white stuff on the oranges is not BAD (like I thought). He was >right! > > The produce guy explained that the oranges sweat in their crates and >.....I > > don't know what the white stuff is. It looks like rot to me...but not to > > me......anymore. :-) > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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