Granny Smith – Apple
Yellow/green when ripe White crisp juicy flesh Flavour is tart to moderately sweet Available all year round, peaking March – May
Buddha’s Hand
Buddha’s Hand is a variety of the citron – one of the most ancient of the citrus family. Ripe fruits have extremely fragrant, thick, yellow, rind, and contain no pulp. It is mainly used to perfume a room or clothing…
Soursop
Oval/heart shaped fruit. Weighs 4.5 – 7kg. Leathery looking but tender inedible skin, from which many spines protrude. The tip of the spines break off easily when the fruit is ripe. Skin is dark green becoming yellow/green when ripe. Flesh…
Star Apple
Round/oblate fruit 5-15cm in diameter. Smooth, copper, purple, green coloured skin. Flesh is white, soft, juicy and arranged in eight segments surrounding hard, brown, glossy seeds. The fruit has a star shaped pattern in the cross section. Flavour is sweet…
Tamarillo
Egg shaped but pointed at both ends. 5-10cm in length. Smooth skin may be deep purple, blood red, orange or yellow and may have dark longitudinal stripes. Flesh can be orange/red, orange/yellow or cream/yellow. Skin is tough and unpleasant in…
Tangelo
A hybrid of a mandarin and a grapefruit. Thin skin which peels more readily than grapefruit. Fine textured flesh, very juicy. Sweet flavour. Range from the size of a standard sweet orange to the size of a grapefruit. Are usually…
Sapodilla
Brown russeted (speckled) fruit, the size of a mango. Thin skin similar to a kiwi fruit but hairless. Yellowish brown flesh is soft and melting and can be smooth or granular. Very sweet aromatic flavour. Contains up to 12 shiny…
Quince
Botanically a pome, closely related to the apple and pear. Generally pear shaped and hard. Yellow skin, tinged with green, covered with a fine down. Golden yellow flesh is also hard and acid. The quince is a deciduous tree that…
Prickly Pear
Pear shaped fruit, 6-8cm in length. Small spines scattered over the surface of the fruit. Skin is yellow/orange/crimson. Flesh is delicately sweet and may be white, yellow or crimson depending on variety. Small hard edible seeds. Indian Figs or prickly…
Nashi
Technically a pear. Round in shape, like an apple. Cream/white flesh which is firm, crisp and juicy. Skin is green/yellow. Skin is russeted (brown speckled). Has the appearance and texture of an apple and the flavour of a pear. The…
Coconut
Fruit is ovoid. 250mm in length. Outer husk, thick and fibrous enclosing a hard, boney shell. Inside the shell is the white flesh of the coconut. When unripe the large cavity is filled with milky fluid, ripe fruit is only…
Carambola
Green/yellow, waxy, thin skin. Star shaped in cross section. Crisp juicy flesh which is a transparent yellow/white. Usually sweet – similar taste to an apple. 4-5 seeds. Fruits are oval in shape, 80-200mm in length, and 60 – 100mm in…