seasonal fruit
Harvest-time produce offering
Seasonal fruit is fruit available fresh during its natural growing and harvesting period, as opposed to year-round through storage or importation.
The phrase often carries connotations of freshness, local sourcing, and superior flavor: The menu features seasonal fruit from nearby orchards.
What counts as seasonal varies by region and climate.
- summerYear's warmest season
- berry pickingHarvesting small fruits manually
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- harvest timeSeason of collecting crops
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
desserts · pie filling · tropical · juicy · orchard · canning · ripeness · sweet · first fruits · spring · fleeting · tart · monsoon · heirloom varieties · winter · organic farming · temperate · pumpkin
- fruitapple, apples, banana, bananas, orange
- farmers marketfarmers market, farmstand, farm stands, tomato, vendors
- edible arrangementschocolate strawberries, melon balls, pineapple chunks, apple slices, cantaloupe
- locavorefarm-to-table, farmers market, farmers markets, farm stand, local produce
- fruit trade
- local foodlocal produce, local farms, farmers market, farmers markets, farm-to-table