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| Sweet and Queen Anne cherries at Kauffman's Lancaster County Produce |
As Benuel Kauffman told me a couple days ago, he did, indeed, have cherries at his Reading Terminal stall today. But they didn't come cheaply.
In previous seasons, Ben priced his berries by the pint or quart. At least for the start of the season, he's pricing them per pound. The red cherries today were $5.99, the Queen Anne variety $6.99. Since a pint weighs out at about three-quarters of a pound, the pint price for the reds works out to about $4.50, a buck more than last year's $3.50. Since this year's crop is expected to be decent, figure the price should come down as more vendors offer the first of the season's stone fruits. Last year, West Coast cherries sold for as little as 59-cents a pound at Iovine Brothers.
Earlier this week I reported that Iovine's red bell peppers were unexpectedly cheaper than the frying peppers, $1.99 a pound vs. $2.49. Today the price of the latter came down $1.99. Meanwhile Vinnie Iovine was touting his Georgia peaches (he joked is staff mis-spelled the price card, as "Spothern" rather than "Southern" peaches. He says although rock hard, they are considerably sweeter than the California's he sent back to his wholesaler.
Back at Ben Kauffman's he had a full complement of spring veggies today, including a number of different onions. Here are the photos:
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| Local lettuces |
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| Asparagus, snow peas, new red potatoes and what may be the last of the strawberries |
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| White and red scallions, string beans, two colors of new potatoes and red onions |
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| Green and yellow squash, more spring onions, sweet peas in the pod, cucumbers |
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