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                    Welcome to: best in season, September...
September sees both the beginning of harvest and the first signs of autumn. Game is at its best this month as are our home grown leeks, marrows and tomatoes. Vegetables in season are: aubergines, beetroot, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, celery, chanterelle, courgettes, cucumbers, fennel, garlic, green beans, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mangetout, marrows, okra, onions, parsnips, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, sweet corn, swedes and tomatoes. Fruits in season are: apricots, Asian pears, bilberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, cherries, damsons, figs, gooseberries, melons, nectarines, peaches, pomegranates, plumbs, raspberries, redcurrants and strawberries. Seafood’s in season are: Dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, halibut, herring, lobster, pilchards, plaice, prawns, red mullet, sea bass, sea bream, shrimps, skate, squid and turbot. Meats in season are: duck, grouse, guinea fowl, pigeon, quail, rabbit and venison.