Guide To Fresh Produce
Summer
Fruit
Apples — Braeburn, Cox's Orange, Fuji, Granny Smith, Oratia, Orin, Pacific Rose, Red Delicious, Royal Gala: apricots, bananas, blueberries, dates (fresh Medjools), grapefruit, grapes — green and black (late summer), limes, mandarins???, nectarines, oranges, peaches — Black Boy, Golden Queen, white fleshed; peacherines, pears — Bosc, Comice, Winter Cole, Winter Nell; plums — Black Doris, Fortune, Omega, red, yellow; raspberries, rock melon, strawberries, tangeloes, uglyfruit, watermelon
Vegetables
Asparagus (spring), avocadoes — Bacon, Fuerte, Hass, Reed; aubergine — traditional and Asian; beans — butter, green and runner; beetroot — gold, red and choggia; broccoli, cabbage — green, red, Chinese and Savoy; capsicum — red, orange, yellow, green and black; carrots — table and juicing; cavalo nero, celery, chillies — red, green and orange; cucumber — apple short and telegraph; daikon, endive, garlic, ginger, globe artichokes, herbs — basil, bay, coriander, dill, parsley, rosemary, thyme; kumara — gold, red and pink; kumi kumi, leeks, lettuce — cos, green and red frilly, iceberg; mesclun salad mix, mibuna, mizuna, mushrooms, onions — red and brown, pak choi, potatoes — Agria, Fiana, Ilam Hardy, Red Desiree, Red Rascal, Rua, Urenika; pumpkin — Acorn, Buttercup, Butternut, Grey, Minikins, Sweet Dumplings etc.; radishes, rocket, salad herbs, salad mix, scallopini, silverbeet, spinach, spring onions, sprouts — alfalfa, broccoli, mung, mixed chunky; sweetcorn, tomatillos, tomatoes — incl. acid free and heirloom varieties; watercress???, zucchini — green and yellow
Winter
Fruit
Almonds in shell, apples — Braeburn, Cox's Orange, Granny Smith, Orin, Pacific Rose, Royal Gala; bananas, cherimoyas, dates (fresh Medjools), feijoas (autumn), grapefruit, kiwifruit — green and gold; lemons, limes, mandarins, oranges — Navel and Seville; pears — Bosc, Comice, Winter Cole, Winter Nell; rhubarb, sapotes, tamarillos — red and gold; walnuts in shell, uglyfruit
Vegetables
Avocadoes — Bacon, Fuerte, Hass; beetroot — red, gold and choggia; broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbages — green, red and Savoy; capsicums — green, red, orange, yellow and black; carrots — table and juicing; cauliflower, cavalo nero, celery, celeriac, Chinese cabbage, chillies — red, green and orange; chokos, corn on cob (vacuum packed), corn salad, cucumber, endive, Florence fennel, garlic, ginger, herbs — basil, coriander, dill, parsley, fennel, lemongrass (occasional); Japanese flat cabbage, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, kumara — red, pink and gold; kohl rabi, lettuces — cos, green and red frilly, iceberg; mushrooms, onions, parsnips, potatoes — Agria, Fiana, Ilam Hardy, Red Desiree, Red Rascal, Rua, Urenika; pumpkins — Buttercup, Butternut, Grey, Iron Cap???; salad mix, salad herbs, shallots, silverbeet, spinach, sprouts — alfalfa, broccoli, mung, mixed chunky; spring onions, swedes, tomatoes including heirloom varieties, watercress, yams
Hot House Vegetables (available occasionally) — aubergine, green beans, zucchini