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seasonal availability
in season in australia
Australia is uniquely placed in the world with a vast range of different climatic zones, all producing ingredients at different times of the year. From the coolest in Tasmania and Victoria through to the tropical north in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. This produce list reflects this array of climates and lists the ingredients which are at their peak of flavour, ripeness, quality and value each season.
Reproduced with kind permission from campionandcurtis.com
SPRING [ fruit ]
apple - lady williams, banana, berries - strawberry, cherry, cumquat, grapefruit - pink - yellow, lemon, loquat, lychee, mandarins - ellendale, mango, melons - honeydew - rockmelon - watermelon, murcot, oranges - blood - seville - valencia, papaya, pawpaw, pineapple - smooth leaf - rough leaf, starfruit, tangelo.
SPRING [ vegetables ]
artichoke, asian greens - bok choy - choy sum - gai laan - wonga bok, asparagus - green - white - purple, avocados - fuerte - hass - sharwill, beans - broad - green, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, choko, cucumber, garlic, ginger, leek, lettuce, mushrooms - morel, onions - salad - spring, peas - green - snow - sugar snap, potato, pumpkin, silverbeet, spinach, sweetcorn, tomato, watercress, zucchini flowers.
SUMMER [ fruit ]
apple - aba, apricot, banana, berries - blackberry - blueberry - boysenberry - gooseberry - loganberry - mulberry - raspberry - strawberry, cherry - morello (sour), currants - black currant - red currant, fig, grapes - cardinal - muscat - sultana - waltham cross, guava, kiwifruit, lemon, lychee, mango, mangosteen, melon - honeydew - rockmelon - watermelon, nectarine, orange - valencia, passionfruit, peach, pears - howell - red sensation - williams, pineapples - smooth - rough leaf, plum, pear, rambutan, rhubarb, starfruit, tamarillo.
SUMMER [ vegetables ]
asparagus, avocado - hass - reed, beans - borlotti - butter - green - snake, capsicum, celery, chilli, choko, cucumber, daikon, eggplant, leek, lettuce, okra, onion - brown - salad - spring, peas - green - snow - sugar snap, radish, squash, sweetcorn, tomato, watercress, zucchini, zucchini flowers.
AUTUMN [ fruit ]
apples - aba - bonza - braeburn - cox’s orange pippins - fuji - gala - golden delicious - granny smith - jonagold - jonathan - mutso - pink lady - red delicious - snow - sundowner, banana, berries - raspberry - strawberry, breadfruit, cumquat, custard apple, feijoa, figs, grapes - cardinal - currant - muscat - purple cornichon - sultana - waltham cross, guava, kiwifruit, lemon, limes, mandarin - imperial, mango, mangosteen, melon - champagne - honeydew - rockmelon, nashi, nectarine, nuts - almond - chestnut - hazelnut - peanut - pistachio - walnut, orange - valencia, papaya, passionfruit, peach, pears - beurre bosc - howell - josephine - packham - red sensation - williams, persimmon, plums, pomegranate, quince, rambutan, rhubarb, tamarillo.
AUTUMN [ vegetables ]
asian greens - bok choy - choy sum - gai laan - wonga bok, avocados - fuerte - sharwill - shepard, beans - borlotti - butter - green - snake, beetroot, broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, capsicum, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chilli, cucumber, daikon, eggplant, fennel, garlic, ginger, horseradish, leek, lettuce, mushrooms - wild - field - pine - slippery jacks, okra, olives, onions - brown - red - spring, parsnip, peas, potato, pumpkin, shallot, silverbeet, spinach, squash, swede, sweet potato, sweetcorn, taro, tomato, turnip, witlof, zucchini.
WINTER [ fruit ]
apples - bonza - braeburn - cox’s orange pippins - fuji - gala - golden delicious - granny smith - jonagold - jonathan - lady williams - mutso - pink lady - red delicious - snow - sundowner, cumquat, custard apple, grapefruit - yellow - pink, kiwifruit, lemons, limes, mandarin - ellendale - imperial, melons - champagne, nashi, nuts - chestnut - hazelnut - walnut, oranges - navel, oranges - blood - navel, papaya, pineapple, pears - beurre bosc - josephine - packham, persimmon, pomelo, quince, rhubarb, tangelo.
WINTER [ vegetables ]
asian greens - bok choy - choy sum - gai laan - wonga bok, avocados - fuerte - hass - sharwill, beetroot, broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, fennel, garlic, ginger, horseradish, jerusalem artichokes, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, okra, olives, onions, parsnip, peas, potato, pumpkin, shallot, silverbeet, spinach, swede, sweet potato, turnip, witlof.