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 - August
Strawberries
Barattiere Cucumbers
Basil
Borage Flowers
Broad Beans
Cherrybelle Radishes
Chives
Cornflowers
Cuore del Vesuvio Tomatoes
Edible Flowers (Mixed, Viola, Cornflower)
Fine Beans
Flat White Peaches
Gherkins
Grezzina Courgettes
Honey Moon Melons
Leafy French Breakfast Radishes
Little Gem Lettuce
Mint Tips
Padron Peppers
Peaches Yellow
Rainier Cherries
Raspberries
Red Gem Lettuce
Red Sorrel Cress
Sentinel Watermelons
Shoots & Cresses – Tagete, Basil, Komatsuna (see app for all)
Speckled Trout Lettuce
Sun Sweet Melons
Swiss Chard
Thai Basil Cress
Tropea Onions (Dry)
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.
Bean - Piattone - Green - Sicily, Italy
Aubergine - Striata - Lazio, Italy
Peas - Fresh - Campania, Italy
Courgette - Grezzina - Lazio, Italy
Tomato - Cuore del Vesuvio - Campania, Italy
Lettuce - Speckled Trout - Hampshire, UK
Potato - Cornish Earlies - Cornwall, UK
Cucumber - Barattiere - Puglia, Italy
Apricot - Perpignan, France
Rhubarb - Outdoor - Yorkshire, UK
Featured This Week 16/06 - 22/06
EARLY
SENTINEL WATERMELON
Mantua, Italy
jun - aug
The first harvest of Oscar’s Watermelons is in. Unlike Honey Moon and Sun Sweet Melons, which are at their best in their early season, Sentinel Watermelons only get better as the season progresses. Oscar’s skill as a grower means they're already tasting great but ultimately, these sun loving fruits will peak once temperatures get consistently higher.
With the return of these melons, we’re excited to see a comeback for our MOMO collaboration Watermelon Kombucha. Look out for it in our stores and on the app from 14th July.
Sentinel is a 50 year old variety which is rarely grown as the yield is known to be lower than other more prolific varieties. This is no deterrent for Oscar, whose primary focus is flavour.
It’s rare to find a grower this obsessed with flavour. Oscar’s commitment is evident in all his crops: from the first Sun Sweet and Honey Moon Melons to his famed Sentinel Watermelon — a fruit that can reach 18kg of dense, richly sugared flesh — and his autumnal Delica Pumpkins which he takes to another level by curing; a technique no longer widely seen due to the extra effort involved.
PEAK
CUCUMBER - CAROSELLO & BARATTIERE
Puglia, Italy
apr -sep
The Carosello and Barattiere from Donato and Vito have truly come into their own — crisp, cooling, and intensely flavorful. Grown in red clay soil near the Puglian coast, their farm is shaped by a deep commitment to regenerative growing. It’s a method rooted in tradition, handed down by their father Giuseppe, and defined by minimal intervention and maximum respect for the land.
Each season starts only when the conditions are right. With no chemical shortcuts, the result is slower to arrive — but the flavor speaks for itself. Although they resemble cucumbers, both varieties belong to the melon family (cucumis melo), typically harvested young before sugars develop.
Barattiere is crisp and juicy with a clean, vegetal flavor. Carosello — a rare local variety protected by the Slow Food Ark of Taste — is subtly sweet and delicate, with a satisfying crunch.
These fields sit on plots often neglected by local landowners. By returning them to production, Donato and Vito are restoring fertility through agriculture. They manage irrigation with extraordinary precision — filtering naturally saline water to keep the plants alive while still stressing them just enough to deliver fruit that’s concentrated, aromatic and full of nuance.
We’re proud to work with Donato and Vito, whose commitment to flavour and sustainability is evident in every crisp, refreshing bite of their produce.
LATE
RHUBARB - OUTDOOR
Yorkshire Triangle, UK
may - jun
Only about a week remaining to make the most of Robert’s outdoor-grown rhubarb. The season is coming to an early end as a result of the dry spring we experienced here in the UK.
His Raspberry Red variety has a slightly lower yield than Forced, but an impressively deep hue that can rival their vibrancy. Robert began with just 50 Raspberry Red crowns in 2010 and has since expanded his crop through careful cultivation, cutting, and replanting. With a fiercely short window for harvest, now is the time for them.
The Yorkshire or ‘Rhubarb’ Triangle lies in the shadow of the Pennines – a cold pocket which slows down growth, allowing the stalks to build more sugars which helps balance out the natural acidity of rhubarb.
Rather than buying more crowns every year, Robert splits his own. This not only gives him selective control over its characteristics but helps the plants adapt over time, increasing their resilience.
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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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