Westcountry Fruit Sales Ltd. & The Essential Food Co.

Every product every day for caterers in Devon and Cornwall.

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Product info: Local courgette

02.07.2009

Product info: Local courgette

Is now in full production and already very reasonable, we have received the first few from Tregew Farm which are always the best of what is available.

Courgette flowers are available to order as well as some early baby courgette.

 

 
 
Carrot

18.06.2009

Carrot

English carrot is due to start next week, (22nd June), providing shelf life tests prove favourable.

 

 

 
 
Tomato with taste

17.06.2009

Tomato with taste

We have recently introduced a new range of English tomato grown and packed by Longdon Hill nurseries, this includes cherry plum red and yellow, small cherry (picolo type) on the vine and standard red cherry. The range is available for anyone looking for fruit with real taste, these are picked red, very sweet and will impress anyone who trys them.

 

 
 
More Cornish Produce

16.06.2009

More Cornish Produce

Recently added to an already full list of Cornish produce available:

Broad beans

Primo Cabbage

Hispi Cabbge

Calabrese

Cauliflower (from Wednesday)

Raspberries

Gooseberries

Rocket

Large leaf Spinach

 

 

 

 
 
Product info : APRICOTS

11.06.2009

Product info : APRICOTS

We now have in stock AAA size apricots, they're big and and almost half price, please be quick as we've only 1 pallet to clear.
 
 
Product info:

04.06.2009

Product info:

We've had a very busy May and early June due to the Bank Holiday and sunny weather combining making an encouraging start to the holiday season. Lots of local produce is now coming through including, gem lettuce, lollo rosso, oakleaf, iceberg, hispi cabbage and a large range of interesting fine leaves from the Lizard Leaf Company.

Many summer fruits are now on stock including peaches, nectarines and apricots. Berries have become reasonably priced with Spanish blackberries especially cheap at only 45p a punnet.

Local asparagus is now finishing, Peruvian is being imported again which has become the standard for most of the year.   

 
 
Local Courgette

15.05.2009

Local Courgette

Dave Newton from Tregew Farm has been extra busy this week planting out this years supply of courgettes. Over the past ten years Tregew farm has created a large portfolio of high quality local produce of which there has been a large quantity of courgette supplied to ourselves, almost 3000 boxes last year. As you can see from the image the girls are doing the work and Dave is doing the more technical job behind the camera. We are expecting the first crop in June.

 

 

 
 
Coming soon from Lizard Leaves

07.05.2009

Coming soon from Lizard Leaves

A new product mix from Lizard leaves will be available very soon, "FRESH OR FRY", A delicate mix of baby leaf suitable for eating fresh or to use in stir fry, including Baby Russian Kale, Tat Soi (miniature bok choi, very cute) , mustard leaf green frills and more.  
 

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