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As the nights begin to draw in we’re getting excited this week as the European citrus season starts to take off. We welcome our first Spanish oranges – the juicy and sweet Navelina variety – which join a European line up of scurvy-defeating citrus. We’ve got some lovely Spanish limes and sharp yet flavoursome clementines… Read More »

As October speeds ahead under glorious sunny skies we look forward this Saturday to Apple Day, our annual celebration of the variety, range and breadth of flavour that the UK apple season has to offer. From Herefordshire to Kent, Sussex to Ormskirk, we’ll be representing over 20 varieties of fruit from 7 different orchards. Expect… Read More »

For those with a keen sense of smell, there are some beautifully perfumed autumnal fruits at the moment…Foremost amongst these is the range of pear varieties.  We tend to think November is when the Conference really come into their own, and have been mixing and matching with lesser known varieties and the different characteristics they… Read More »

Leaves falling off the trees… this means we finally get to talk about squashes and pumpkins. They are our veg of the month. It’s a really good year for squashes, which you will already know if you have an allotment! Good yields are reported by our growers and the taste is very well developed across… Read More »

Such an extensive range of brassicas this week, it’s a sea of green over on the veg aisle. Particularly handsome are the bags of Cavolo nero from Wass in Yorkshire, who also provide a splash of colour with their purple and Romanesque cauliflowers. It is cauliflower time from now until the spring, so your opportunity… Read More »