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 …
The best fresh fruit on sale in August. August: summer holidays, beaches, warmth, picnics, long country walks, balmy evenings, outdoor living, barbeques, all enhanced by sumptuous, luxuriant fruit. This is the month for indulging in the opulence of the summer offering. There is nothing quite like the honeyed sweetness of greengages or the juicy fleshiness …
The best fresh fruit on sale in July. As the summer months settle into normality, we pass the equinox and look towards the unfolding of all the pent-up energy of warmth and growth that the high sun brings. July is a month of subtle change as what began in the early summer in southern Europe …
The best fresh fruit on sale in June. The warmth and freshness of June brings out the best in our homegrown soft fruit. This is the time to expect an abundance of berries and to take advantage of all the myriad ways of using them. Elsewhere, in the warmer parts of Europe, the delightful summer …
Fruit News This May The best fresh fruit on sale in May. May is a month of great change of new and old seasons across the fruit spectrum. European soft fruit, melons and stone fruit start filling supermarket shelves; southern hemisphere avocados, satsumas, kiwis, pears and apples arrive; and Indian mangoes fill Asian grocery shops. …
The best fresh fruit on sale in April in the UK: March and April are challenging months for the fruit industry as old seasons close, 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 …
The best fresh fruit on sale in March. The daffodils are out and buds are swelling on trees, so the end of winter, along with the end of lockdown, beckons enticingly. The irrepressible march of the seasons gives March an appropriate name and an ebullience that I suspect we will all feel more acutely this …
The best fresh fruit on sale in February Even in the depths of winter, February offers some fruit that is at its best for the entire year. Look no further than sumptuous oranges, fabulous mandarins and crisp, sweet grapes. Such is the quality of this fruit that little else is really needed to satisfy the …
The very best group of fruit in January has to be citrus: there are wonderful oranges from the Mediterranean, and the late season mandarins, varieties with gravitas, are coming into their own. However, not to be out done in this bleakest time of year, there are some wonderful British and European apples, still in peak …
