The Salt River Fruits Range
Avocados (Persea americana)
Season: November-May
We mostly sell the popular Hass avocados but also grow and occasionally sell several other types - including Reed, Fujukawa, Hellen, one we call ‘Early’ and a hard-shelled avocado with a particularly creamy flesh we call Guatemalan (based on the typically shell-type nature of Guatemalan avocados).
Bananas (Musa)
Season: All year
These New Zealand grown and naturally ripened bananas mostly look very different from the imported bananas we are used to.
These are often best eaten when the skins are starting to look overripe by your usual standards, mottled and spotty. The flesh remains firm inside and gets deliciously sweet and sticky, as a good, real banana should be. Experiment and find your perfect ripeness. Delicious!
Most of our bananas are Misi Luki or Ladyfinger.
Banana flowers
These are popular in some South East Asian and Indian dishes. The darker, tough husks (often a purple hue) on the outside of the flower need to be stripped away to reveal the tender, yummy yellow-green leaves inside.
Then use raw or cooked.