Table 12--Monthly wholesale prices for fresh strawberries in Chicago, 1980-93
Month 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
                                               -- Dollars per pound --
January         0.83   1.34  1.00    1.00  1.95   1.37   1.09    1.24   1.10   1.07   1.51   1.24   1.71 1.43
February        0.92   0.96  1.10    1.50  1.01   1.10   0.95    1.53   1.30   1.29   1.26   1.41   1.25 1.26
March           0.84   0.88  0.78    1.01  0.71   0.91   1.06    1.32   1.09   1.21   1.16   1.14   1.02 0.83
April           0.77   0.68  0.76    0.59  0.53   0.91   0.79    0.73   0.73   0.68   0.94   0.92   0.68 0.79
May             0.61   0.62  0.79    0.71  0.69   0.62   0.64    0.82   0.93   0.80   0.72   0.94   0.73 1.09
June            0.70   0.77  0.74    0.69  0.93   0.65   0.88    0.94   0.87   1.06   0.86   1.00   1.06 1.07
July            0.62   0.88  0.71    0.98  0.76   0.96   0.94    0.83   1.08   0.78   0.83   0.88   0.83 0.71
August          0.80   0.83  1.11    0.89  0.76   0.90   1.24    0.86   1.01   0.82   0.69   0.63   1.27 0.76
September       0.58   0.61  0.71    0.84  1.34   1.00   1.10    1.03   1.07   0.97   0.97   0.64   0.83 0.91
October         0.58   0.89  0.79    1.56  1.07   1.42   1.46    1.32   0.95   1.26   0.84   0.91   0.76 1.00
November        0.66   1.80  1.34    1.73  1.25   1.59   1.27    2.09   1.24   1.64   1.24   1.40   1.98 1.16
December        1.45   1.44  1.11    2.08  1.56   1.56   1.81    2.50   1.52   1.47   1.04   1.23   1.76 1.98

Source: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

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