Italy: Fruit prices down, Turkish cherries

There are no more melons at 4 euros a kilo, despite the high-quality product registering high prices. In short, there is no shortage of melons, watermelons, peaches and plums sold under the euro in wholesale markets today. There is no sell-off but the dynamics of price formation have changed in recent weeks. It's hot and the fruit is on sale, but despite the thirst for freshness, the wholesalers do not record a great rush to purchases. The potatoes chapter remains in an emergency, onions are falling. The cherries are produced from Trentino and Turkey. Zucchini for a few cents and the vine tomato suffering from the Dutch competition. The grapes see prices above 2 euros with the seedless around 4 euros. In Florence: "The return to normality" In the Tuscan capital, once the production gaps have been overcome, normality returns and prices fall. There is no clearance sale although there is no explosion in sales as the entrepreneur Aurelio Baccini, national vice president of Fedagro and ...