GO BEYOND FOUR SEASONS
Each fruit and vegetable has its own season, with subtle shifts that happen every day. Follow their microseasons to unlock flavour at every stage.
In season today
The first harvests. Not yet available in abundance or fully developed, this is the time to get inspired by new flavour combinations.
Fresh Peas
Grower
Red Star
Location
Pershore, UK
Seasonality
June - September
Baby Beetroots (Red, Golden, Candy)
Baby Leeks
Barattiere Cucumbers
Basil
Blackcurrants
Borage Flowers
Breme Onions
Broad Beans
Celtuce
Charlotte Potato
Chives
Cornflowers
Gherkins
Green Walnuts
Honey Moon Melons
Little Gem Lettuce
Marsh Samphire
Meadowsweet Flowers
Mint Tips
Mixed Baby Courgettes
Mixed Beans
Peaches Yellow
Purple Kohlrabi
Rainier Cherries
Raspberries
Red Gem Lettuce
Romana Courgettes
Sentinel Watermelons
Shoots & Cresses – Tagete, Basil, Komatsuna (see app for all)
Speckled Trout Lettuce
Strawberries
Sun Sweet Melons
Swiss Chard
Thai Basil Cress
Tokyo Turnip
Tropea Onions (Dry)
Worcesterberries
Yellow Courgettes
PEAK SEASON BOX
Our Sourcing Team have selected the 9-10 varieties tasting their best right now. From familiar favourites to lesser known ones, these are our picks this week.
Onions - Dry Tropea - Calabria, Italy
Aubergine - Striata (Tiger) - Lazio, Italy
Padron Peppers - Galicia, Spain
Courgette - Yellow - Provence, France
ORG - Cucumber - Baby - Lancashire, UK
Tomato - Datterino Vine - Sicily, Italy
Lettuce - Little Gem - Lancashire, UK
Potato - Cornish Earlies - Cornwall, UK
Strawberries - Essex, UK
Melon - Honey Moon - Mantua, Italy
Featured This Week 04/07 - 11/07
EARLY
CELTUCE
Cornwall, England
Jun - Sep
Over in Liskeard, Oli grows Celtuce in open fields – a variety prized for its thick, crisp stalks, mild nutty flavour and meaty texture.
In his first year, Oli netted the crop for protection, but a severe aphid attack wiped it out entirely. He’s since taken a different approach, leaving the beds open to the elements.
Along the hedgerows and field edges, he’s planted flowers to attract beneficial insects, drawing pests away from the Celtuce and creating a natural balance in the fields. Thanks to a sunny spring and early summer, he was able to get started earlier this year, and the crop is really thriving.
Mora Farm is a brilliant example of making positive change happen at scale; one of our key aims. With our logistical and financial investment, Oli has been able to diversify and increase production of exceptional fruit and vegetables while remaining committed to environmentally conscious farm management.
Growing in tunnels and open fields, he has a wealth of produce coming off the farm at this time of year including Edible Mixed Bean Flowers, Red Currants, White Currants and the last of the season’s Green Garlic.
PEAK
CUORE DEL VESUVIO
Campania, Italy
May - Oct
Dalila, our Italian Buying Manager, travelled to Campania last week where she met with Cuore del Vesuvio grower, Raffaele.
Last year’s harvest was cut short in early August due to extreme heat, pushing us to consider new growing locations. By chance, Raffaele discovered a former flower farm nestled in the mountains: cooler temperatures, fertile ex-lakebed soil, and water sourced from a nearby well. Here, mountain breezes and coastal air create the ideal growing conditions.
“While the season started slow due to cloudy skies, recent warmth has brought a surge of healthy growth. From his terrace, you can see Mount Vesuvius on one side and the Bay of Naples on the other – this balance of natural light and salinity in the air infuses the tomatoes with character,” Dalila explains.
This year, we expect a stronger, more resilient harvest. Tomatoes shaped by their environment, not in spite of it.
Raffaele comes from a family rooted in Campanian soil. His father once grew grapes and apricots, and now Raffaele carries on the legacy through his cultivation of tomatoes and Grezzina courgettes.
His Cuore del Vesuvio aren’t uniform – they scar and crack – a sure sign of high sugar content pushing to the surface. Their imperfection is their perfection. Inside, they’re meaty and full. Never overwatered. And in a commitment to preserving flavour and heritage, Raffaele saves his own seeds each season.
LATE
CHERRY VIGNOLA
Emilia Romagna, Italy
Jun - Jul
We’re entering the final weeks of Roberta’s fiercely local Vignola Cherries. These are known for their rich red to purple hue, crunchy texture, and full-bodied sweetness. While each type within the Vignola family has its own personality, they all carry the unmistakable mark of Emilia Romagna’s terroir.
As Vignola bows out, we’ll welcome the arrival of British-grown cherries next week – freshly picked, bursting with flavour, and full of summer promise.
The Cherry Vignola is as deep in colour as it is in history.
In the 1800s, this land was dominated by mulberry trees for silk production, a luxury trade reserved for the upper classes. But when the silk market declined, fruit trees, especially cherries, took root. Over time, they became the pride of Vignola.
Today, the Vignola cherry is protected under IGP status (Indicazione Geografica Protetta) and can only be grown in 28 municipalities between Modena and Bologna. Roberta’s harvest is among the finest.
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Go beyond four seasons
Each fruit and vegetable has its own season, with subtle shifts which happen every day. Follow their microseasons to unlock flavour at every stage.
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Make your diet diverse
Our growers work with varieties chosen for quality and nutrition, not yield. By selecting their crops you keep heritage seeds in play, add to ecosystem biodiversity and preserve unique flavours.
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