Market Update for Sunday 3 April 2022
In Vegetable and Salad lines:
- Shepard (shiny green skin) Avocadoes are in season.
- Grape Tomatoes and Asian Vegetables are available again.
- Baby Cos Lettuce are available but all other Hydro Lettuces are unavailable due to weather damage.
- Herbs are in short supply.
- Most other Vegetable and Salad lines are good but supply is tight.
The best seasonal vegetable and salad items are:
- Jap and Qld Pumpkin
- Sweet Potato
- Brushed (Dirty) Potatoes
- Broccoli
- Snow Peas
- Zucchini
- Avocados
- Mushrooms
- Salad Mix, Baby Spinach and Rocket
In Fruit,
- Pineapples are nice and good value.
- Rockmelons, Honeydew melons and Papaya are also nice.
- Seedless Watermelon is good too. Due to food safety regulations, we can only supply whole watermelons (sorry, no cut watermelon).
- Valencia Oranges are available again. Lemons, Limes and Ruby Grapefruit are good. USA Navel Oranges are available too.
- Pink Lady and Granny Smith Apples are still good. New season Gala Apples have started. Store apples covered in the fridge to keep them crisp.
- Bananas are good.
- Williams Pears are in season. Beurre Bosc Pears have started. Packham Pears will start again soon.
- Imperial Mandarins have started.
- Australian Kiwifruit will start soon.
- Australian Green and Red Seedless Grapes are in season.
- Plums are still nice but we have finished Peaches and Nectarines.
- Blueberries, Strawberries and Passionfruit are available but expensive.
Other Items,
- Try our Medjool Dates, Honey and Free Range Eggs.