Market Update for Sunday 19 September 2021
In Vegetable and Salad lines:
- Qld Blue Pumpkin, Cabbage, Eggplant and Sugar Snaps are in short supply.
- Tomatoes have tightened up too.
- Most other vegetable and salad lines are good and prices are reasonable.
The best seasonal vegetable and salad items are:
- Jap Pumpkin
- Sweet Potato
- Brushed (dirty) and Chats (small white) Potatoes
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Zucchini
- Avocados
- Celery
- Fennel
- Baby Bok Choy and Choy Sum
- Leeks
- Salad Mix, Baby Spinach and Rocket
In Fruit,
- Pineapples and Rockmelons are good. Papaya and Honeydew are also good but in short supply.
- Seedless Watermelon is available but expensive. Due to food safety regulations, we can only supply whole watermelons (sorry, no cut watermelon).
- Navel Oranges, Blood Oranges, Afourer Mandarins, Tangelos, Lemons, Limes and Ruby Grapefruit are all in season. Imperial Mandarins have finished.
- Pink Lady, Gala, Red Delicious and Granny Smith Apples are all very good but Jazz Apples have finished. Store apples covered in the fridge to keep them crisp.
- Packham, Beurre Bosc and Nashi Pears are nice.
- Bananas are good with improved supply.
- Australian Grapes have finished. We have started USA Green Grapes.
- New Zealand Green Kiwifruit and Kiwi Gold are in season and very good.
- Mangoes have started with some good early season fruit available.
- Strawberries and Blueberries are nice.
- Passionfruit are available but pricey.
Other Items,
- Free-Range Eggs, Medjool Dates and Honey are available. Eggs are abundant and cheap.