Poor weather in May and early June is a reason for a current shortage of melons in Mallorca. We are talking melons produced locally as well as imported from the mainland. According to Matias Adrover from Terracor, a Petra-based company for fruit and vegetable production, it will be another ten days before new crops of local melons ripen.
Adrover explains that there are difficulties with imports. In some areas of the mainland, melons weren't planted because of forecasts of a lack of water. In Murcia, there was a huge hailstorm some six weeks ago which destroyed the crops.
Jaume Pocoví of the Farmers Union says that the marina variety was on sale for €2.00 at Mercapalma on Friday, a price previously unheard of. He adds that consumers will still be able to find melons but they will be much more expensive than usual.
Source: majorcadailybulletin.com