Earlier this year, I was asked to project the future Bartlett pear volumes for the Pacific Northwest. The Pear Bureau Northwest and the Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service promote the sales of fresh and canned Bartletts grown in Oregon and Washington, so they wanted to look at future crop volumes. The fresh Bartlett tonnage jumped from 78,173 to 91,828 tons in 2007, while the processed tonnage dropped to 133,716 tons. Both agencies need good data to plan future promotions. In the Northwest, the Bartlett and d’Anjou crops ­generally come in at around 220,000 to 250,000 tons each year. But, the […]