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Lychee from South Africa. Grape from South Africa.
New Season Apples from England and Europe.
Navel Orange from Spain. Trevise from Italy.

South African Lychee and Thompson Grape
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Punterella and Black Cabbage
Puntarella appropriately named for its tapered lengthy greens, puntarella chicory's name means; "little pointy thing." The very slender leaves are produced from a pale colored tight heart or stem and as they deepen in color toward the tips of the leaves, the flavor becomes more bitter. Immature puntarella offers a less bitter taste and the shoots are crunchy and crisp. Puntarella may be eaten raw or cooked. This green's unusual flavor is mellowed by cooking. Salads welcome raw shoots and leaves. Typically served with an anchovy, oil and garlic dressing, a flavored anchovy dressing enhances its bitterness to taste nearly sweet.
Cavlenero or Black Italian Cabbage is available year round with winter crops offering the best quality. Low in calories, cabbage offers vitamin C, folic acid, calcium, and potassium. It is said cabbage stimulates the immune system and prevents cancer. Cabbage juice is claimed to be helpful for arthritis, gastric ulcers, depression, and gout. Young raw leaves are tasty in salads. Pairs with beans or pork. Cook until soft in olive oil with a generous amount of garlic for a palate-pleasing side dish.

In the world of fruit- summer is now over!
Peaches, nectarines and cherries, although still available, are past their best and for stone fruit we will be supplying a selection of plums. Hopefully the red plum will be a Ruby Crunch which has a deep red flesh and usually will be quite firm. With this there should be a yellow plum, the variety being a T.C.Sun and this can be eaten whilst it is firm but it will soften to a soft, sweet, juicy condition.
The apples are now all new season from either the U.K. or France. We will supply any new variety of British apples as soon as it becomes available in the market. So far we have used: Discovery, Worcester and Cox and hopefully there will be considerably more varieties to follow.
The pears at the moment are Williams, from Italy, and these will soon be replaced with Conference and Comice from the U.K. Hopefully these will be from the same grower that we have used for the past 30 years.
The citrus fruit we are using at the moment are Nadracotts, which come from South Africa. These are easy to peel, seedless, juicy and very tasty. I think that these will be available for another month before being replaced by Satsuma’s and Clementines from Spain. Minneolas are also available now and although these are even juicier than the Nadracott they are not quite as sweet but if anyone wants to try them please let us know.......Read more

To make it extra special, you can choose what fruit you like and add extra gifts to make it personal. How about a bottle or two of champagne or wine, luxury puddings, crackers and cheese.
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Give us a call and we will be pleased to discuss your requirements.
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