2017

The first new season apples and pears, greengages, English plums, and wild blackberries starting in the hedgerows are all signs of late summer, and all signs of changes to great flavour in fruit, if you know where to look! FOR OUR FRUITBOWL, WE WOULD BUY: Plums & Greengages: English plums; French and Spanish gages Melons: […]

Flavour is flowing: new varieties of strawberries and grapes, delicious late-season mandarins, melons and stone fruit at their peak, sublime mangoes and tropical exotica, all await your attention and delight. It’s difficult to know where to start….! FOR OUR FRUITBOWL, WE WOULD BUY: Stone fruit: apricots, peaches, nectarines and greengages Melons: Spanish melons, particularly Charantais

Summer melons, summer stone fruit and summer berries: abundant, at their peak and good value, all have to be in your flavoursome fruit basket at this time of year – no excuse! However, don’t forget the other gems on offer to excite the taste buds, such as Pakistani mangoes, new Sweet Green kiwis, Tangold and

The heat-wave in the south may be over, but the sun is still shining in fruit stores across the country. Think homegrown summer fruits in abundance: strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, the cherry season just starting, gooseberries, currants and even a few UK blueberries coming through. Then, there are lashings of Mediterranean cherries, apricots, peaches and

New seasons of every fruit type are now underway, the last being that of Spanish plums which takeover from tired Angelino and Flavorfall from South Africa and Chile. So, new order follows old with the relentless march of time, which is more than can be said for our politicians who seem to have no order

Where to find flavour among the spring offering of fruit? It is, as always, really down to the variety of each fruit type. Much of the new season fruit on offer are early varieties which grow and mature quickly, or are the result of the first harvest. Although fresh in flavour, they are often a

Easter holidays, beautiful Spring weather, the most important Christian celebration, thoughts of chocolate eggs, thoughts of Syria and Sweden: as always, the world is full of contradiction. The only course of action is to believe in the innate goodness that is our essence, and enjoy good fruit as an embodiment of that essential spirit in

Week 12-13, March 2017 Fabulous oranges and mandarins, Mediterranean blueberries and strawberries, new season pears, and the first signs of change in choice of mangoes are all highlights at the end of March. As always, flavour can be found with the Good Fruit Guide! FOR MY FRUITBOWL, I WOULD BUY: Blueberries: Kirra and Mayra from

Week 10, March 2017 Spring is a time of blossom, and blossoming forth. This is perhaps the single most important event affecting the fruit we eat over the summer, particularly as it happens while the weather can still be inclement. A poor or uneven blossom, or bad weather soon after, can have a major impact