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[Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>]

Right now at the Sacramento Wholefoods store the
cheapest apples they sell are the regular size
honeycrisp, going for $1.99 per lb, undercutting the
red delicious at $2.29.


--- dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com wrote:

> Murph,
> 
> This season we harvested about 80 bushels of
> Honeycrisp and sold them for $19.95 per peck (about
> $2/lb.)  They lasted 2 days!  We should have charged
> more, but I can't justify the price for the very
> reason you point out.  I'll take a good Royal Empire
> any day over a Honeycrisp, but the Gen X crowd in
> the Chicago area will pay over $3.00/gal for gas to
> drive 2 hours in their SUV, Volvo, Audi, Lexus,
> etc...  to Royal Oak Farm for the Honeycrisp!  What
> was it P.T. Barnum said....There's one born every
> minute!!
> 
> And....yes, we are planting 500 more Honeycrisp
> trees next spring to give us over 2,000 total.  We
> are also adding about 400 of the new Snow Sweet from
> UMinn.  You can check it out at 
> http://www.apples.umn.edu/nurseries/snowsweet.html  
> We're getting them from Stark Bros.  I'll let you
> know how they do on B9.
> 
> Dennis Norton
> Royal Oak Farm Orchard
> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
> http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
> http://www.revivalhymn.com
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Richard MURPHY 
>   To: nafex 
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:03 AM
>   Subject: [NAFEX] honeycrisp market
> 
> 
>   We have Honeycrisps in the Supermarket in a
> 'special Basket' for $3 a pound. 
>   There they sit; highly polished, and un-blemished
> by the hands of curious customers.....
> 
>   Right next to them are some gorgeous Empires for
> $1.50
> 
>   If Honeycrisps are ever to be accepted by the
> masses, they need to get real about the  price.
> 
>   A 'double priced unknown' ain't gonna fly in my
> neighborhood.........
> 
>   If they were $1.50, at least the women would TRY a
> few....
> 
>   Murph
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