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February - Fruit & Veg with Jamie McDonald

Fruit

Apples - Sundowner, Granny Smith, Pink Lady and new season Gala

Apricots - Finishing - Tasmanian and NZ only

Avocado - Good Hass - Very expensive. Shepherds start soon and price will come back.

Bananas - Good quality

Strawberries - Good Victorian.

Blueberries - Excellent - price good.

Blackberries - Good

Blood Oranges - Finished

Raspberries - Great flavour

Cherries - Nearly finished

Figs - Plenty coming through now - Fantastic flavour

Kiwi - Green kiwi only

Lychees - Good

Mangosteen - Starting

Melons - Nice seedless Watermelon and Rockmelon

Nectarines - Very good flavour - White also

Oranges - Valencia starting - USA Navels

Passionfruit - Good Panama

Paw Paw and Papaya - Both good

Peaches - Nice O'Henry's at present

Pears - New season Sensation, Corella and Percosi pears

Pineapples - Good North Queensland

Pomegranate - Local should start soon

Rhubarb - Excellent

Watermelon - Good seedless

 

Herb and Leaf

Herbs - Good- French Tarragon very nice.

Rocket - Nice local bunches, wild rocket is good also

Lettuce - All good- nice local Cos and Iceberg

Vegetables

Asparagus - Mainly imported now - Local 500g still.

Jerusalem Artichokes - None

Globe Artichokes -  Starting

Beans - Good

Broad Beans - None

Snake Beans - Very good local

Beetroot - Good flavour, plenty of baby beetroot

Broccoli - Price back a bit

Broccolini -Scarce

Capsicums - New season Sth Australian Red are excellent

Celery - Good

Chillies - All good

Corn - Local started - Excellent

Cucumber - Good - some Qukes

Eggplant - Local started - very good.

Fennel - Large finishing - Baby only soon.

Leeks - OK

Mushrooms - All pretty good

Peas - Sweet

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

Pumpkin - Jap has the best flavour

Tomatoes - Best are Johnnies Love bites

Zucchini - Excellent locals.

Zucchini Flowers - Nice

 

 

 
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