Market Report Sponsorsed by Oakleaf European Newsletter #12

Fruit and Mushroom with Robin

French figs are just beginning to get going again and some sweet, if delicate, examples with a deep red interior are available. Black skinned fruit from the Sollies region are also starting but will be better looking in a week or two. Other soft continue to be good and readily available.
Apricots are finishing and it is proving harder to find good quality fruit with the sort of flavour we have all become used to. Peach and nectarine are good and the flat examples superb to eat. Plums are starting to take over a bit with all sorts of colours are sizes available but nothing touches my favourite - the greengage.

The French apple season is beginning to o, but apart from Akane (Prim Rouge), the only other variety around is Reine des Reinettes and it is too small and too immature for listing yet.
Orange fleshed melons continue to bne superb and great value even if the dull weather is not stimulating taste buds much.

Vegetable and salad with Matthieu

The squash season is getting underway. Outstanding products from local growers include broad leaf chard with a high percentage of white, superb leafy celery and cherry wine tomatoes from our "˜almost' organic grower.
Now is a great time to play with beetroot with varieties like Capaudine and striped Chioggia and plenty of other coloured varieties too. Cooked versions are also available.