October: what's in season - fruit

Posted by kathryn in Shopping Basket and Fruit

Having blogged about ways to get more fruit in your diet , one thing I left out is the importance of buying what’s in season. It means you’ll be getting the greatest value for money and will be eating fruit at its peak – when it’s tasting the best.

This is not the most exciting time of year for fruit – most of the winter crops are coming to an end, while the summer fruits are not quite ready (and what is available is expensive).

So, the list of what in season is quite short:

• oranges are still really good at the moment and I’ve also been seeing blood oranges around
• mandarins are just coming to the end of their season – about one more month we’ll be saying goodbye to these little beauties
• grapefruits, including rubies
• tangellos
• apples – fujis, sundowners, pink lady, lady williams, golden delicious, red delicious and granny smiths are all in season
• nashi pears are coming to the end of their season
• pears – beurre bosc and red sensation are just coming to the end of their season
• strawberries, while not normally in season this early, are really cheap at the moment – I’ve been buying them for $1.49 and $1.99 a punnet. They’re not top quality, but are pretty good for the price.
• black sapotes or chocolate pudding fruits
• passionfruits

Bananas should be in season, but are still expensive – $12.99 per kilo as of last week. Come November grapes, the first stone fruit and probably cherries will be available.

25 September, 2006