Calavo Growers (CVGW) 10-Q 2003 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 99.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. § 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Calavo Growers, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Wolfgang P. Hombrecher, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Wolfgang P. Hombrecher

Wolfgang P. Hombrecher
Chief Financial Officer
June 9, 2003

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