| 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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