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Green Asparagus

Green Asparagus

Commodity Overview

Green is the standard color of asparagus, a unique, rich tasting vegetable. In the times of the Greeks and Romans, it was considered the food of kings for its flavor and medicinal properties. The tips of the spears are generally preferred but the whole spear is edible.

Characteristics

  • Commodity: Asparagus
  • Category: Cooking Vegetables
  • Characteristics: Asparagus should be firm and blemish free with deeper color at the tips turning light green to white at the bottom.
  • Appearance: Long, thin and spear-like.
  • Flesh: Green outside and lighter on the inside.
  • Flavor: Unique and rich with slight bitterness
  • Size: About 6-12 inches long with width ranging from pencil to marker thickness
  • Color: Green with darker color toward the tip
  • Shape: Long, thin
  • Suggested Preparations / Tips: They may be steamed, sauteed, grilled or blanched.
  • Commonly Cooked: Yes
  • Served Raw: Yes
  • Availability: Year-round with peak supplies in the spring
Retail Price Data is based on USDA Specialty Crops Market News surveys. Data collection ends on the report date and encompasses ad pricing good from the Saturday before the report release date through the following Friday. Weekly data - from over 400 retailers, comprising more than 30,000 individual stores with online weekly advertised features - covers over 250 produce items. Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
USDA Specialty Crops Market News publishes FOB and Movement data on a daily and weekly basis. Pricing and volume information is aggregated by commodity and published weekly, subject to any source-data adjustments. Commodity data is further processed based on origin (domestic vs imports) and type (regular vs. organic). Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.
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