Summer Crop Report 2025

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Vegetables

Spanish variety has just finished overlapping with UK new season which the quality is very good.

UK new season is on the horizon. White and red will have a more green appearance for the first few weeks.

UK new season is of a good size and quality.

UK summer crop is now underway from Lancashire and is thriving.

Imports are expected to last for 2-3 weeks with new UK crop expected towards the end of June. Large sizes will remain on imported crop into July.

UK variety is now in season, with both good size and quality.

Red onion is now moving to Egyptian supply which will take us through until mid-August when the European harvest starts. New season brown/yellow cooking onion will start in mid-July. Spanish onion sizes are small, and crops are running very late as they cannot get the skins to set given the wet conditions. Chilean imports are being extended to bridge the gap until crops recover.

We’re expecting to move into imported crop in late June for 6 weeks when the new UK crop will commence.

Planting of new season UK crop took place slightly earlier than usual due to the dry weather conditions. However, without some significant rain we could be looking at a difficult season ahead. With irrigation and warm temperatures, the crops are well established. Potatoes now need to be kept in cool conditions to avoid any sprouting that can be seen if they are kept ambient/warm.

Over wintered continues through June, new season summer crop is coming along well and is expected to start in July.

Leaf

Supply from Leamington Spa is excellent, along with washed from Shropshire.

New season is from Evesham and Lancashire, with quality very good.

Supply is now from Shropshire and at it’s very best.

Berries

Imports from Morocco, similar to raspberry. We will move into Portuguese supply before moving into UK later this summer – Loch Ness, Sweet Royalla varieties available.

Supply moving from Spain to Poland for summer– Liberty, Duke and Blue crop.

Spanish quality has dropped off due to the heat. Portuguese will finish off the import season before moving to UK supply from Scotland with Evesham from mid to late June. Majestic variety is the main supply.

UK season is now underway. Pack size of 400g changes from 12 punnet to 10 punnets per case, quality is excellent, with Morano, Favori & Malling centenary varieties available.

Grapes

Currently Thompson Indian with a really sweet taste profile. Egyptian Sugraone will start June moving through the Mediterranean, until Spanish Superior starts in July.

Currently Brazilian Victoria. Moving to South African Crimson later in the season. Quality is good.

Exotics

Unfortunately, we had to finish UK supply earlier than expected due to really hot weather followed by rains. Current supply from Peruvian, with quality very good.

Supply is mainly India with Thailand as a backup, quality is good.

Some UK rainbow and orange carrot will be available late June. We may see courgette and leek depending on growing conditions. South African will also run alongside through summer as a backup but preference is homegrown.

Egypt supply has just finished, now a mix of Moroccan & Rwanda, with Kenya as a backup.

South African will continue until the end of August, with Honduran as a backup. We will start will see European again late summer.

Moroccan is now finishing, Spanish supply with Portuguese to follow taking us through summer into autumn, with quality very good.

Brazil supply in the last few weeks before moving into Spanish followed by Turkey around August, which will take us through until late summer.

Ginger is Chinese with Brazilian running alongside, quality good. Garlic new crop is Spanish with Chinese as a backup, quality also good.

Mainly Brazilian, Mexican is not expected but always there as backup. No quality issues reported.

Brazilian Tommy Atkins are good with option of Spanish late August before Peruvian starts taking us to the end of the year, quality good.

French Banana quality from store is fine we have a hybrid (cross between banana and round) available to bridge any gaps until new season French starts mid-August, no problems expected.

Egyptian drawing to an end. Main supply though summer is Honduran, some USA maybe seen as a contingency. Egyptian will restart in September, with quality very good.

Mainly Zimbabwe sugar snap, with Kenyan supply as backup. Mangetout from Peru and Zimbabwe, quality is good.

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