Settled and Sumptuous: Many summer fruits are in their prime and are nicely settled for a while before we see the late Summer / early Autumn changes. From the UK, there are fabulous cherries, early signs of plums and a continued abundance of delicious berries. We even have a high-quality apple, Kentish Kiss (aka Magic […]
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Peak season: Pretty much all the summer seasons of fruit have started and are approaching or at their peaks. Everything is practically as good as it gets, with a few notable exceptions such as greengages, not quite ready yet and grapes, still getting into a stride from European sources. Such choice: what is not to
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So Very Wet: The most noticeable change in the last week or two has been the virtual demise of the southern hemisphere grape season and the arrival of fresh Egyptian and Mexican varieties: a big change in eating quality. We are also seeing the consolidation of the European stone fruit offer with more and more
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First: The end of May is seeing many first appearances of very tasty new season fruit. We have had the start of the new Mediterranean soft fruit and stone fruit, as well UK strawberries and raspberries, South African persimmons and satsumas, Indian mangoes, and southern hemisphere top fruit. Now it is the turn of northern
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Fresh: Unsettled weather, unsettled politics but everything else is fresh and optimistic. New seasons abound, and products are getting better as they get past their early tanginess and start to deliver real flavour. Flavour: the whole purpose of the Good Fruit Guide! Don’t forget to download the Good Fruit Guide app (it’s free), either from
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Cool: Memories of a perfect Easter weekend are rapidly receding, so what brightness can our fruit bowls bring as we await summer sunshine? There is quite a lot happening in the fruit world: Spain, Morocco and Portugal are well into their berry seasons with some wonderful fruit, particularly raspberries and blueberries, and, with Egypt, are
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Poised for Spring: The seasons for the different types of fruit are such a mixture of old and new at the moment. We have new berry fruit and stone fruit from the Mediterranean; new strawberries from English glasshouses; and new pears from the southern hemisphere, all with an attractive freshness, though often tinged with a
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Although the first British strawberries are getting on to M&S and Waitrose shelves, most strawberries are now from Spain and Morocco with prices already tumbling for 600g packs of standard varieties: yours for £2.50-3.00, widely available (may need help with flavour). Talking of flavour, I would love to find that I can eat fresh strawberries,
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Conference and Rocha are the only pears available in all retailers at this time of year. Conference is the nation’s favourite pear, familiar to everyone and available all year round from UK, Holland and Belgium. Rocha, on the other hand, is a bit of an unsung hero: the pride of Portugal, this small round pear
