<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Better hurry and stock up on Devgad alphonso mangoes, as the king of fruits will be available only for the next one week after which Vashi&rsquo;s Agriculture Produce Market Committee will no longer sell them.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/may/30D133600.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 329px;" /><br />   <strong>Going fast: Traders at the APMC market pack Devgad alphonso mangoes that are expected to be sold out in the next few days. Pic/Sameer Markande</strong><br />   u00a0</p>  <div>   The reason for this bitter news is that the alphonsoes coming in from the Devgad region &mdash; known to fetch a premium price every year &mdash; did not have a very good produce causing shortfall.</div>  <div>   <br />   Omkar Sapre, member of the board and chief marketing officer of Devgad Taluka Amba Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Limited, said, &ldquo;The very short winter hindered the production of the mangoes. Additionally, the severe heat on April 8 when temperatures soared to 40&deg;C and the aftereffects of the spiralling mercury caused the fruit to rot.&rdquo;</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   Director of the APMC market Sanjay Pansare also agreed saying that the Devgad variety of alphonso mangoes would only be sold for the next few days. &ldquo;We have several customers who demand only the Devgad alphonso mangoes considering they are known to be sweeter and pulpier. Further, the strike by retailers forced us to slash our prices.&rdquo;</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   Other traders at the APMC market too opined that they were selling the Devgad mangoes at a cheaper rate as compared to past and that the strike against the LBT had affected their business drastically. &ldquo;Mangoes have a shelf life and we have to sell them once they have ripened. When retailers did not buy owing to the strike, the mangoes started rotting away,&rdquo; said Rahul Sheakh, one of the wholesalers at APMC.u00a0</div>  

Fluctuation in temperatures has affected the produce causing a shortfall; traders say LBT strike has compounded their problems

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