Posted by kathryn in What's in season

The beginning of the month, so it’s time for the regular list of what’s in season in Sydney.

Fruit:

• Apples: the best apples this month are are Golden Delicious, Red Delicious Granny Smith, Jonathon’s and Pink Ladies.
• Avocadoes: Hass are in season
• Bananas
• Blueberries: from Coffs Harbour – they’re beautiful but pricey
• Cumquats
• Custard apples
• Dates
• Dragon fruit
• Grapefruit: yellow grapefruit are in season and rubys are on their way
• Kiwifruit: both green and gold
• Lemons
• Limes
• Mandarins: Imperials, Alphora, Empress and Daisies all available
• Nashi pears
• Oranges: Australian navels now available and they’re gorgeous
• Passionfruit: local panamas are in season, very cheap and deliciously sweet. I bought a large bag on the weekend for under $2 – and they’re gorgeous.
• Pears: Bosc, Packham, Sensation, Corella and Josephine all in season
• Pomelos
• Quinces
• Rhubarb
• Tamarillos
• Tangellos

Vegetables

• Beetroot
• Bitter melon
• Beans: Borlotti and Broad beans
• Broccoli
• Broccolini
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbages
• Carrots
• Cavalo nero or black kale or curly Russian kale – although this is hard to find
• Cauliflower
• Celeriac
• Celery
• Chillies
• Daikon
• Fennel: fantastic at the moment
• Jerusalem artichokes
• Kohlrabi
• Leeks
• Mushrooms
• Okra
• Olives
• Onions
• Parsnips
• Potatoes: best are chat, Dutch Creams, Sebagoes, Kipflers, Bintje & Nicolas
• Pumpkin: Kent, butternut and Grandma pumpkins are the best
• Silverbeet
• Spinach
• Swede
• Sweet potato: cheap and good quality
• Turnips
• Witlof

The monthly what’s in season guide is compiled from a number of sources, including: the Harris Farm Market and Fratelli Fresh market updates; Lettuce Deliver’s weekly shopping guide; the Sydney Markets seasonal guide; updates in Donna Hay and Delicious magazines; a range of books; as well as my own observations of what’s currently available and good value. I sometimes continue to make updates during the month, as fruit and veg availability changes.

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02 July, 2008