yellow peach is now large and being calibrated in A and even AA sizes and the fruit has a good flavour. White flesh peach is available but we are not listing it yet as it tends to cut a little green still. Nectarines are in a similar way with fruit still being a little small and not great in flavour. We would prefer not to rush into these products and wait until they are worth raving about! Cherries have become less fragile and the smaller calibre Brooks from Spain is probably the better choice despite the flavour being a bit thin. A couple of weeks and cherry stones will be under all our feet! 
The soft fruit offering is growing down our list and we are getting great feedback on the Clery variety of strawberry that although it is a classic soft fruit, it is packed with flavour. Gariguette is good but not exceptional and we have seen the first of the Mara des Bois - again this will be better in a week or two. Baby vegetables are still tricky but we are doing our best to cover all your requirements, sometimes a punnet for bunches.
s are not even fully formed! The French like to send them to the market bunched in a 10 kg Chandelier. We won't argue with that as we think it's just spectacular. Most of the local growers around Paris are now back in their dedicated shade and we are now offering the range of specialist herbs from one of them. This includes Angelica, Absinthe, Bronze Fennel, Hysope, Lovage, Marjoram, Oregano, Pimprenelle, and Lemon Thyme. Other varieties such as Lemon Verbena should start shortly . This week saw ou
r first delivery of Fine Frizee from Perle du Nord, grown in the North of France. The size and the percentage of white will improve over the next dew days. The first tiny Mangetout from Madagascar are back on the list. They are about as long as your little finger. They are the smallest Mangetout we can get during the year. They are usually around until the end of June and are then followed by some from Guatemala.
We are right at the start of the season so Mousseron St George is scarce but we have found some. More for next week. Tulamine raspberries are superb right now. The Portuguese fruit still has the edge over the French being sweeter and fuller flavoured.
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