The Best Of Winter's Seasonal Produce

At times it can be difficult to know which fruit and vegetables are in season because so many of them are available in store year round. But if we were to imagine we could all just wander out into our own vegetable gardens and orchards here's what we would have to choose from, in season, in Winter…

Fruit and Nuts:

Chestnuts (in Tasmania late ones arrive in June)
Grapefruit, ruby (brief season from June to July)
Lemons (start in late winter and run from August to November)
Limes (start early in March and continue to July)
Oranges, navel
Oranges, Seville (brief season from July to August)

Vegetables:

Avocados, fuerte (at their best from June to October)
Broccolini
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Cardoons
Cauliflower
Cavolo Nero
Celeriac
Fennel Bulbs
Jerusalem Artichokes
Kale
Leeks
Onions
Parsnips
Radicchio di Treviso
Rapini
Salsify
Swedes
Sweet Potato
Turnips