What's in Season Now in Perth: Autumn 2026

Autumn in Perth is the easy season to shop. The summer gluts of stone fruit are tapering off, but the late peaches and nectarines are still around and they’re cheaper than they were a month ago. The first new-season apples are landing from Manjimup. And quietly, the leafy greens have stopped tasting like watered-down lawn and started tasting like greens again.

Here’s what we’re putting on the front bench this week.

Late stone fruit: the bargain window

The yellow peaches are coming to the end. They’re still good but they’re noticeably softer when they arrive, so eat them inside two days. The plums (especially black diamond and queen garnet) are at their best right now. We’ve been getting trays from a grower in Pemberton who picks them at full colour, which means they actually taste like something. Five for $10 most days.

Cherries are gone. Mangoes are gone (alphonso flew out in February, Carnarvon Kensington Pride finished mid-March). Apricots: gone. Don’t pay $14/kg for the limp imported ones; come back in November.

First apples of the season

This is the good news. Manjimup pink ladies are back, and the first royal galas just hit. They’re crisp the way only an apple within a few weeks of being picked is crisp. We’re selling them at a fair price; they should drop another dollar in May once volume picks up.

If you’ve only ever bought apples from a supermarket, eat one of these and the difference will sell itself. Cold storage doesn’t ruin apples, exactly, but a fresh one is just better.

Persimmons: try one

We get a small persimmon window each year. The fuyu variety (the squat, tomato-shaped ones) eats like a crisp pear and is sweet without being sticky. They’re $4–5 each but worth the experiment if you’ve never had one. Slice into a green salad with feta, walnuts and a sharp vinaigrette and you’ll cook it again.

Salad greens that suddenly work

Summer in Perth is hard on lettuce. The leaves bolt, the rocket gets bitter, the parsley gives up. From late March everything settles. We’re getting beautiful butterhead, cos and oak-leaf from a grower in Manjimup, and the rocket is back to tasting peppery instead of soapy.

Pick lettuce up the day you’ll use it. Wrap any unused leaves in a clean tea towel inside an open bag in the bottom of the fridge; it’ll hold for four days that way.

What’s good in the deli case

The deli case has pre-built fruit platters, watermelon batons, and sliced fruit cups ready for collection most mornings. We also carry a rotating selection of dips, cheeses, and antipasto for easy entertaining.

Drop in or phone us if you’d like to know what’s on the bench tomorrow morning. We don’t post a stock list because it changes by the hour, but we’re happy to walk you through it on the phone.