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September - Fruit & Veg with Jamie McDonald

Fruit

Apples - Granny Smith, Gala, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Pink Lady and Sundowner

Avocado - Very good Hass

Bananas - Good quality - Lady Fingers good

Strawberries - Very good QLD - Sharpe Family excellent - Good price

Blueberries - Good

Blackberries - None

Raspberries - OK

Custard apples - Finish soon

Kiwi - Both Gold and Green

Mandarins - Good Imperials, Murcott and small seedless Alfourer

Mango - Northern Territory, Kensington Pride- Not bad.

Mangosteen - Finished

Melons - Good NT Watermelon and North QLD Honeydew - Rockmelon average at present.

Oranges - Fantastic local navels.

Blood Oranges - Excellent

Passionfruit - Lovely and sweet Panama

Paw Paw and Papaya - Both good

Pears - Packham, Nashi, Bosc, Josephine and Honey all good

Pineapples - Plenty of Bethonga again - good flavour. Roughleaf just started also.

Plums - Nothing

Pomegranate - Finished - Imported soon

Quince - Finished

Rhubarb - Fantastic - Local.

 

Herb and Leaf

Herbs - All good

Rocket - Nice local bunches

Lettuce - All good- Good Cos and Iceberg. Great Victorian Treviso. Local Radicchio and Butter poor heart.

 

Vegetables

 All baby veg good

Asparagus - Imported - expensive

Jerusalem Artichokes - Good QLD and local

Globe Artichokes -  Excellent VIC now - some local too.

Beans - Good - small hand picked

Broad Beans - Very good local.

Snake Beans - NT only

Beetroot - Good large and baby

Broccoli - Very good

Broccolini - Good flavour

Capsicums - Pricey

Cauliflower - Very good.

Celery - Good

Celeriac - Good heads- mid season

Chestnuts - Very good easy peel - Finish soon.

Chillies - All good

Corn - QLD only

Cucumber - Good - some Qukes

Eggplant - Good QLD

Fennel - Both large and small excellent

Leeks - Good - not woody. QLD baby on again.

Mushrooms - All good

Peas - Good - sweet

Potatoes - Good Desiree, Dutch Cream, Sebago, Kipfler, Royal Blue & Purple Congo

Pumpkin - Very good Jap and Butternut.

Tomatoes - Mostly OK -Johnny's Love Bites have the best flavour

Zucchini - Good QLD now

Zucchini Flowers - Soon

 

 

 
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