Mutsu – Japanese variety popular among Polish traders
Apples of Mutsu variety came to Polish orchards straight from Japan. The taste of these apples is similar to Golden Delicious. Apples are large and they look very nice and do not tend to

Prices of apples stopped growing
After a quite considerable rise in prices of apples noted at the beginning of the year, at present one can observe prices stabilization. However fruit growers hope that prices start growing again.

Only apples from cold stores in demand
Trade companies purchasing apples are less interested in apples from ordinary stores. The only variety that traders are still interested in is Idared, but the price of Idared from ordinary stores

Poland: increase in apples prices
From the beginning of the year one can observe growing demand for apples intended for export what results in increase in prices (within two weeks prices rose by 0.10 PLN (0.025 euro)/kg). Apples

Poland: phenomenon of Idared
Idared is ideal apples variety as regards transport condition. Apples of this variety are resistant to bruising, cold and long journeys, and at the same time are quite tasty and nicely

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (26.10-01.11.2009)
The apple harvest is slowly ending. Prices are still stable. The prices of apples for export, size 70+, packed into cartons are from 0.60 to 0.90 PLN (0.14-0.21 euro)/kg depending on the area of

Poland: no changes in apples market
So far prices of apples remains low. The purchase prices of apples intended for export start from 0.35 PLN (0.083 euro)/kg, but hardly anyone wants to sell their apples for this price. On

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21-27.09.2009)
The fourth week of September didn’t bring significant changes in fresh fruit market. Prices of dessert apples remained stable. One could observe slight bigger export to Russia. The price of

Poland: purchase prices of apples intended for export
The purchase prices of apples intended for export are decreasing. The average price 0.64 PLN (0.15 euro)/kg which was noted one week earlier went down by 0.05 PLN/kg (0.01 euro) week-on-week.

Poland: harvest of Shampion has started
The supply of apples of next early-autumn variety is slowly growing. After Gala, Lobo and Cortland the harvest of Shampion has started. The price level of this variety will probably similar to

Poland: Russia wants Polish Gala
Apples of Gala variety are popular on the Russian market and one can observe quite big demand from Russian recipients. However they don’t buy a lot because of price. The current price of Gala

Poland: Gala already on the market
The apples of early autumn varieties are slowly appearing on the market. There are more and more Lobo but their price is not satisfactory for fruit growers. On Monday, September 14 price of Lobo

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (24-30.08.2009)
At the end of August the general trends in prices on the market of fruit and vegetables was similar to earlier ones. In case of fruit of the purchase prices of industrial apples and chokeberries

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (17-23.08.2009)
The half of August passed and on the market of fruit one can observe very low purchase prices. On the market of fresh vegetables there is low supply of cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (10-16.08.2009)
The second decade of August started and many fruit growers started worrying about prices of industrial apples. Prices of industrial apples are low – 0.12-0.16 PLN (0.03-0.04 euro)/kg in

Poland: low supply of apples Paula Red
As it was for apples of Early Geneva variety, the supply of apples Paula Red in the area of Grójec isn’t big. The lower supply of apples is a result of adverse weather conditions and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (03-09.08.2009)
The beginning of August didn't bring great changes in the price situation on the fruit market. The sour cherries season for fruit farmers is lost; the purchase prices of sour cherries are stable

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.07-02.08.2009)
The end of July, how one could expect, didn't bring an increase in purchase prices of sour cherries. The prices at level 0.50 – 0.60 PLN (0.12-0.14 euro)/kg are catastrophic for fruit farmers.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (13-19.07.2009)
The purchase of strawberries for processing already finished and now the processing plants are buying raspberries, currants. They also started purchasing of sour cherries and of course fruit

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15-21.06.2009)
In the third week of June prices of fresh fruit and vegetables didn't change much. Only prices of tomatoes decreased considerably and on the contrary prices of apples increased much. The stocks

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (08-14.06.2009)
In the second week of June the weather was still unfavourable for growth of fruit and vegetables. Rains and relatively low temperatures adversely affected the supply and prices first of all

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.04-03.05.2009)
During the last days of April on fruit and vegetable markets one could observe recent trends The important factor influences prices is the weather. Warm and sunny days have returned recently and

Growing demand for Ligol variety
Among all varieties of apples intended for export Ligol variety is almost so popular in this season as Mutsu and Golden Delicious. The increasing demand for Ligol results in growing prices. On

Idared - similar prices across Poland
Idared is still the most popular apple variety for export. On Monday it's purchase price in all regions of Poland was similar. The price of apples 70 + was about 0.63 PLN (0.146 euro)/kg. The

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (12-18.01.2009)
The Orthodox holidays passed and the export of apples to the East speeded up but the price didn’t change. The average price of red apples size 7 + was 0.85 PLN (0.20 euro)/kg with packaging.