| Commercial Availability of Alberta Grown Crops
This chart can be used as a general guide to show the quantity of Alberta commercial vegetable crops that are available for sale. When availability changes during the month, the chart will reflect this by using half-month intervals.
KEY:
L = Limited (1 to 4 % of crop available)
A = Average or regular supplies (>4 to 15% crop available)
P = Peak (> 15 % of crop available)
Since the chart is based on an average crop season; yearly climate changes, and regional differences will determine whether crops are available sooner or later than indicated. The availability of a specific crop in any given year is also determined by market demand and other factors.
.ALBERTA GROWN CROPS
Wholesale Market (Retail, Food Service)
Vegetable | Type | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May |
* Asparagus | White & Green | P | A | | | | | | | | | | | A |
Beans | Green & Wax | | | A | P | A | | | | | | | | |
Beets | Bunch | | A | P | L | | | | | | | | | |
| Bulk | | | P | P | P | P | A | A | L | L | L | | |
Bok Choy | | | P | P | P | P | A | L | | | | | | | |
Broccoli | | | L | P | P | P | P | A | | | | | | | |
1) Cabbage | Green | | P | P | P | P | P | P | A | L | | | |
| Red | | A | P | P | P | P | P | A | A | L | | | |
| Savoy | | | A | P | P | P | P | P | A | | | | |
Cabbage, Chinese | Suey Choy | | L | L | P | P | P | P | A | L | | | | | | |
Carrots | Baby | | L | A | P | P | L | | | | | | | | |
| Cello (medium) | | | A | P | P | P | P | P | A | L | | | |
| Jumbo | | | | L | A | P | P | P | A | A | | | |
Cauliflower | | | P | P | P | P | A | | | | | | | |
Celery | | | | P | P | | | | | | | | |
Corn | | | | P | P | L | | | | | | | |
Cucumbers | Pickling | | | L | P | P | | | | | | | | |
2)Cucumbers | Greenhouse | P | P | P | P | P | A | A | A | L | A | P | P | P |
Dillweed | | | L | P | P | A | | | | | | | | | |
* Garlic | | | | P | P | L | | | | | | | |
Kale | Green, Purple | | L | A | P | P | P | | | | | | | |
Kohlrabi | | | L | P | P | P | L | | | | | | | |
Leeks | | | | | A | P | P | P | A | | | | | | |
Lettuce | Field (Leaf & Romaine) | A | P | A | A | | | | | | | | |
Lettuce | Greenhouse | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
* Micro Greens | Greenhouse | | | | | P | P | P | P | P | | | |
*Mixed Greens | Field | P | P | P | P | L | | | | | | | A |
Onions | Green | | A | P | P | P | A | L | | | | | | | |
| Yellow (cooking) | | | A | P | P | P | P | P | A | A | | |
| Silverskin, fresh | | | P | A | | | | | | | | |
Parsnips | | | | | | A | P | P | A | A | A | | | |
Peas | Green, Snow, & Sugar Snap | | A | P | | | | | | | | | |
Peppers | Greenhouse - Green | P | P | P | P | P | A | | | | A | P | P |
| Greenhouse - Red, Yellow, Orange, Hot Peppers | | P | P | P | P | A | | | | A | P | P |
Potatoes | Baby | | | A | A | P | P | P | P | P | P | A | L | L | |
| Table | L | L | L | A | P | P | P | P | P | P | A | L |
Pumpkins | | | | | P | P | | | | | | | |
Radish | Bunched & Cello | L | P | P | P | P | A | L | | | | | | | |
Rutabagas | | | | | | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | L | |
Spinach | 2 doz/box | A | P | P | P | A | | | | | | | | |
| Cello | A | P | P | P | | | | | | | | |
3) Squash | | | | | P | P | P | A | A | | | | |
4)Tomatoes | Greenhouse | P | P | P | P | P | A | | | A | A | P | P |
Zucchini | | | | | P | A | L | | | | | | | |
* These vegetables are available in smaller volumes from direct marketers to the specialty stores and /or restaurants
1 Cabbage Green: early, mid, & late-season
2 Cucumbers Greenhouse: Long English Green, Long English White, Gherkins, Pickling
3 Squash : Acorn, Banana, Buttercup, Hubbard & Spaghetti
4Tomatoes: Beefsteak, Tomato-on-Vine, Cherries, Romas, Cocktails, Yellow, Orange |
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