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Purple Asparagus

Purple Asparagus

Commodity Overview

While green is the standard color of asparagus, this is purple and a little sweeter. 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.

Produce Availability

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Characteristics

  • Commodity: Asparagus
  • Category: Cooking Vegetables
  • Characteristics: Asparagus should be firm and blemish free with deeper color at the tips turning light purple to white at the bottom.
  • Appearance: Long, thin and spear-like.
  • Flesh: Purple outside and lighter on the inside.
  • Flavor: Unique and rich with slight bitterness, but sweeter than standard green
  • Size: About 6-12 inches long with width ranging from pencil to marker thickness
  • Color: Purple with darker color toward the tip
  • Shape: Long, thin
  • Suggested Preparations / Tips: They may be steamed, sauteed, grilled or blanched.
  • Commonly Cooked: Yes
  • Seed: NA
  • Availability: Year-round with peak supplies in the spring
  • Additional Notes: Photo courtesy World Variety Produce
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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Citrus:
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