Fruit and Vegetables – Joleen Meadows

The prices below are valid for the week ending Sunday 5 April 2026. This week we have a small number of strawberries based on a recommendation. If they turn out to be as good as they look we’ll be getting some more. Also back is red cabbage by popular demand.

All items are organic unless stated otherwise.

Item	Price per lb	Price each	Supplier/Producer
APPLE – Story	£1.04		Dynamis, Rungis, Paris
BANANA	£0.95		Fyffes Bio
BEETROOT red	£1.14		Royal Oak Organics, Scarisbrick, Lancs
BLUEBERRY 125g punnet		£3.16	Bioandelusi, Andalusia
BLUEBERRY 125g punnet		£3.60	Zann, Rotterdam, Netherlands
BUTTERNUT SQUASH	£1.00		Cal Valls, Lleida, Spain
CABBAGE – Pointed		£3.13	Zann, Rotterdam, Netherlands
CABBAGE – Red		£1.59	Pollybell Farm, Doncaster
CARROTS – Washed	£0.94		Royal Oak Organics, Scarisbrick, Lancs
CAULIFLOWER		£3.26	Riviera Produce, Hayle, Cornwall
CLEMENTINE – Ortanique	£1.48		Biovergel, La Safor, Valencia
COURGETTE	£1.93		Bioalgarrobo, Malaga
CUCUMBER	£0.74		Ecosur, Almeria, Spain
GARLIC	£4.63		Zann, Rotterdam, Netherlands
GINGER	£3.35		Dynamis, Rungis, Paris
LEEKS	£1.57		Pollybell Farm, Doncaster
LEMON Primofiore	£1.43		Geima, Messina, Italy
MUSHROOMS CHESTNUT	£2.77		Orchard Organics, Armagh
ONIONS – Yellow	£1.01		Chapel Organics, North Berwick
ORANGES – Lane Late	£1.09		Bioandelusi, Andalusia
PARSNIP – Dirty	£1.14		Royal Oak Organics, Scarisbrick, Lancs
PEPPERS Red	£3.75		Terra Rica, Almeria, Spain
POTATO – MARFONA	£0.65		Newfields, Fadmoor, Yorks
POTATO – MARKIES WHITE	£0.65		Royal Oak Organics, Scarisbrick, Lancs
POTATO – ACOUSTIC	£0.65		New Farm, Boston, Lincs
POTATO – TWINNER	£0.65		Chapel Organics, North Berwick
POTATO – BAKERS WASHED	£0.76		Chapel Organics, North Berwick
STRAWBERRY	£4.59		Solargora, Perpignan, France
SWEDE	£0.59		Chapel Organics, North Berwick
SWEET POTATOES	£1.45		Bioalgarrobo, Malaga
TOMATO – Vine	£3.19		Bioalgarrobo, Malaga
TURMERIC	£3.72		Fairtrasa, the Hague, Netherlands

Note re this week’s potato varieties:

ACOUSTIC
This is a second early variety with waxy, pale yellow flesh, good for salads and for boiling. When lifted later in the year, it becomes more floury and better for chips, mash, baking or roasting.

MARFONA
Marfona has a moderately waxy texture. It has a light brown or yellow skin and a yellow to cream flesh. Due to the potato having a strong flavour it is very good for use as baking, boiling and mashing.

MARKIES

Markies is a chipping and crisping variety with a yellow skin and light yellow flesh colour. With a floury cooking texture and excellent dry matter content, Markies fries well and is known to absorb less oil when fried for either chips or crisps.

TWINNER
The tubers are large and oval in shape, with a yellow skin and flesh colour. The cooked texture is firm with a good flavour. Good for baked and roast potatoes, mash and chips.

BAKERS WASHED
A mixed bag of 40mm, 50mm and 60mm washed baking potatoes ideal to pop in the oven.