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MARKET REPORT - Wednesday 12th September, 2007 (24-Sep-07)

Veg

 

Cauliflowers have started to drop in price and Broccoli is looking to follow by the end of the week. English Kale and Bobby Beans are both very good quality at the moment. Cypriot Potatoes are coming to an end and will be replaced shortly by new crop Ambo Potatoes (King Edwards). English Broad Beans have come to the end. We are sourcing local Stick Beans but however they will be finishing soon. Courgettes still remain in short supply as we are switching between French and English depending on quality. All cabbage, especially Savoy and Spring Green are very good quality. Also bunched Carrots and bunched Beetroot are currently available and great quality.

 

Fruit

 

Wet Walnuts have just started and Cobnuts are now freely available. Oranges are now slowly dropping in price, whereas Lemons and Limes are increasing in price due to a shortage in supply. We now have new crop Brazilian Melons, Honeydew, Galia and Watermelon varieties. The local Strawberry is due to finish and we will moving on to varieties from Belgium or Holland. We are now stocking new crop French Apples with mixed varieties including Golden Delicious, Granny Smiths, Red Delicious and Braeburn. Also English Cox Apples have now started along with English Comice Pears.

 

Salads

 

Not much change with Salad produce this week. All salad is still being locally sourced and is very good quality. Salad Tomatoes are starting to rise in price which is more than likely to increase prices on all other Tomato varieties.

 

Exotics

 

Lychees, Mangosteen and Rambutans are once again available. Yellow golden fleshed Kiwi fruit is also now available. Smoked Garlic is readily available. Mange Tout, Fine Beans and Sugar Snaps are still keenly priced. All berries still remain highly priced and in short supply. Cherries have now come to the end of their season.



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