Fresh Fruit Seasons?

[giggler]

I like to eat fruits and veggies sort of In Season.
Is there a chart for this for my Zip Code somewhere?
Right now, in central Tx.
There is no fruit at the market.
I can't wait for spring and fresh strawberries, then peaches, then corn on the cobb!
Eric, Austin Tx.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

In So Cal, strawberries are planted 3 times a year, so they are never out of season. Other fresh fruits can be had year around when imported from Mexico, and Central and South America.

 

[dragnlaw]

Do you mean fresh as in grown in your area?

 

[blissful]

Ideally I like fresh fruit in season for my area (Wisconsin) but we don't get oranges, mandarins, many peaches here so we go with what is shipped in from the southern states. Bananas, are not local here.
Avocados and blackberries may be shipped in from mexico or peru, out of our season.
This week we couldn't believe it. Cantaloupe was on sale and it's not in season. He bought them anyways and they were perfumy and sweet, wonderful. The sticker on them said Honduras.

 

[dragnlaw]

I used to be able to pick the ripe Cantaloupes. Haven't for several years now and have almost given up trying to buy at the perfect sweet point.

 

[blissful]

I used to be able to pick the ripe Cantaloupes. Haven't for several years now and have almost given up trying to buy at the perfect sweet point.

We're no good at choosing, we just never know. This honduras cantaloupe was in a bag for reduced produce 99 cents. AT this time of year no sane person would buy a local cantaloupe. It didn't have a smooth skin either, it seemed like it would be rotten, but it was perfect inside. Delicious smelling bright orange, lovely. 99 cents is less than a lottery ticket!

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

99 cents is less than a lottery ticket!

And you had a better chance of winning!

 

[dragnlaw]

AND she did win! If only she could share the winnings!

 

[larry_stewart]

Here is a link I got from a "U-Pick" farm in Texas website. There's a chart with the fruit an veggies listed and the months they are normally harvested. Not sure how accurate it is. I'm up in NY and it's obviously very different ., ( Also took a screen shot of the chart)

Texas crop harvest calendar - When fruit and vegetables are normally available and ready to pick in Texas

Texas' for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and other crops. The website also has canning & freezing instructions, related events and fun and listings for every other state and many countries!

www.pickyourown.org

 

[caseydog]

I like to eat fruits and veggies sort of In Season.
Is there a chart for this for my Zip Code somewhere?
Right now, in central Tx.
There is no fruit at the market.
I can't wait for spring and fresh strawberries, then peaches, then corn on the cobb!
Eric, Austin Tx.

I live in North Texas. I used to have a peach tree in my previous backyard. I got about 300 peaches perfectly ripe in early June. I could not give them away fast enough. I frozed a bunch of them.

As for temperature zones, it is a moving target. If you believe in science, like I do, in Central Texas things have not changed a lot, but it is getting harder. Where we live has never been a great place for fruits and vegetables, but it is not getting any better. A lot of the fruits and vegetables we get here come from Mexico, which are going to be 25-percent more expensive soon.

As a fellow Texan, all I can say it that we have to grow what we can, when we can.

CD

 

[grumpyoldman]

we have an apple tree in our back yard , some years we get a wheelbarrow full and some years we don't , just depends on when our last snow is , we can't give them away fast enough ( green apples )

 

[blissful]

I really like that chart @larry_stewart
I've been trying to convince mr bliss we shouldn't even bother buying oranges during half the year, but he is not convinced. I'm convinced we don't need tomatoes during winter.

 

[dcSaute]

Is there a chart for this for my Zip Code somewhere?

- When fruit and vegetables are normally available and ready to pick in United States

United States Crop Availability / Harvest Calendars. When fruit and vegetables are normally available and ready to pick in United States. The website also has canning & freezing instructions, related events and fun and listings for every other state and many countries!

www.pickyourown.org

goes by state; with some generalities below on berries, etc.

 

[larry_stewart]

I really like that chart @larry_stewart
I've been trying to convince mr bliss we shouldn't even bother buying oranges during half the year, but he is not convinced. I'm convinced we don't need tomatoes during winter.

Every time I buy tomatoes during the off season, I'm disappointed and question why I even bought them. They're either under ripe and ripen weird, or over ripe and pasty/ mushy. The grape tomatoes seem to be ok, but anything else is luck of the draw ( and usually bad luck).