2015

Week 42, 2015 15th October, 2015 Five Fruit with Fabulous Flavour: Grapes – Sable from USA or Brazil Pears – Concorde, Abaté Fétel and Comice New season English apples – Rubens, Zari, Cox, Gala Mangoes – Spanish Osteen, Brazilian Palmer, Pakistani Ratewala Mandarins – Okitsu Satsumas and Clemenrubi or Oronule Clementines from Spain; Nadorcott from […]

Week 41, 2015 8th October, 2015 Five Fruit with Fabulous Flavour: Persimmons – Spanish Sharonfruit, Triumph, and Rojo Brilliante Pears – Concorde, Abaté Fétel and Comice New season English apples – Rubens, Zari, Cox, Gala Mangoes – Spanish Osteen, Brazilian Palmer, Pakistani Ratewala Mandarins – Okitsu Satsumas and Clemenrubi Clementines from Spain; Nadorcott from South

Week 40, 2015 30th September Five Fruit with Fabulous Flavour: Turkish Figs New season English apples – Rubens joins Estivale, Zari, Cox, Worcester Mangoes – Spanish Osteen Mandarins – Iwasaki Satsumas and Clemenrubi Clementines from Spain; Nadorcott from South Africa and Peru Pears – Abaté Fétel and Comice Mandarins: Joining the first Spanish Iwasaki Satsumas

Week 39, 2015 24th September, 2015 Fruit News This Week Five Fruit with Fabulous Flavour: Turkish Figs New season English apples – Estivale, Zari, Cox, Worcester Mangoes – Spanish Osteen, Brazilian Palmer Satsumas – Iwasaki from Spain Grapes – Cotton Candy, Autumn Royal Satsumas: The first Spanish Satsumas are coming into stores. The variety is

Week 38-39, 2015 18th September, 2015 Fruit News This Week Five For Fabulous Flavour: Turkish Figs New season English apples – Estivale, Zari, Cox, Worcester Grapes – Autumn Royal, Cotton Candy Spanish Mangoes – Osteen Late Clementines from South Africa and Peru: Nadorcott, Orri, Mor Apples: Early varieties from the new English apple season are

Week 38, 2015 12th September, 2015 Five For Fabulous Flavour: Figs New season English apples – Estivale, Zari Grapes – Sultana, Sable, Tropical Mango, Cotton Candy, Israeli Mangoes – Shelley Wild blackberries Blackberries: Wild blackberries are free and supremely flavoursome and are in all good hedgerows now (though maturity will depend on location)! Alternatively, the

Week 35, 2015 28th August, 2015 Fruit News This Week Five For Fabulous Flavour: Wild blackberries New season English apples – Discovery, Estivale, Zari English Plums – Jubileum, Reeves Seedless, Avalon, Victoria Grapes – Sable, Tropical Mango, Stella Bella, Cotton Candy, Timpson, Krissy Israeli Mangoes – Maya and Shelley Blackberries: Wild blackberries are free and

Week 34, 2015 20th August Fruit News This Week Blueberries: Blueberries are more abundant now than at any time of the year. Bluecrop from Poland is the main variety at very good values. Greengages: Probably the sweetest stone fruit at the moment are greengages from Portugal, France and England: catch them while they last! Wild

This week, the stand-out fruit in most stores are blood oranges and Navel oranges; Nadorcott mandarins; Sable black grapes; and FlavorKing plums. On browsing various individual retailers, most have additional tasty options which are highlighted below and well worth trying if you see them: