April continues the theme of March with the challenge for the fruit industry as old seasons close and new seasons start. Early varieties have a freshness and tang not to everyone’s taste and retailers struggle with quality of long stored product to stretch seasons. It means grapes can be straggly, mandarins lose their zing, plums, […]
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The irrepressible march of the seasons gives March an appropriate name and an ebullience that I suspect we all feel after an endless winter. This month tends to be tricky for the fruit trade as there are seasons ending and seasons beginning which always present a challenge for management of quality. For us, the consumer,
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The emphasis on fruit in February is still about oranges, mandarins, grapes and avocados, as in January, but with subtle and interesting differences. Oranges and mandarins from the Mediterranean improve in depth of flavour and balance of acid and sweetness; South Africa becomes the main source of grapes, now in their mid-to-late season and of
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Every month of the year has a group of fruit that really comes into its own, and in January it is citrus, closely followed by grapes. The citrus is from the second half of the Mediterranean season with the tasty late season mandarins and the start of the best oranges money can buy. These are
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Christmas wouldn’t be the same without some delicious, eye-catching fruit in the fruit bowl, and, as it happens, there are plenty of wonderful fruit available in December and several that can be a treat for the Christmas table. Below are my suggestions of the best varieties for taste that are available in UK supermarkets. Happy
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Christmas 2021: Yet again, Christmas is threatened by Covid restrictions, but as things stand, there seems to be a stay of execution. More and more evidence is immerging that the Omicron variant is relatively mild in it’s effects, and the nation awaits, with baited breath, for similar evidence to South Africa of significantly lower hospitalisations.
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The best fresh fruit on sale in November. November: As with all months, there is something new, something old and plenty just getting better in November. Essentially, though, this is a month of consolidation: of the European apple and pear seasons; of Brazilian grapes and melons; of Spanish satsumas and persimmons, and of southern hemisphere
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Fruit News This October The best fresh fruit on sale in October. October: The full opulence of fruit as the product of long summer sunshine comes to the fore in October as harvests are completed and choice of varieties reaches its peak. Apples, pears, persimmons, figs, kiwiberries, satsumas and grapes are all beneficiaries: it’s a
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The best fresh fruit on sale in September. September: It’s not surprising that September is a great month for fruit, but it may be a surprise that it is citrus, grapes, plums and figs that stand out as at their best rather newly harvested apples and pears. Time in the season matters with all fruit
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