Antt

It sounds trivial but I am used to eating a lot of fruit (and some vergetable - though with that I am more flexible).

Please can you let me know the availability of the following in or near Ottawa, ONT?

(a) Oranges (navel)
(b) Bananas
(c) Rhubarb

Also, are they available all year round, or just in the summer?

nativenewyorker

This is a wind-up right???

dbd33

Rhubarb is hard to find, only available in season and $6 for three stalks.

Aviator

Oranges and Bananas don't grow in ON.

Greenhill

And not to be confused with Burdock.

Alan2005

There isn't any fruit in Canada. The locals get their vitamin C by sucking on pine cones.

Tangram

Don't they have their own parade ?

scrubbedexpat091

The grocery store. I haven't seen a grocery store yet that doesn't stock bananas and oranges year round.

Rhubarb will he harder, its more of a specialty and seasonal.

dollface

Availability is excellent anywhere from grocery stores to markets. Only rhubarb is seasonal and you can buy it in packs of 6-12 stalks and isn't too unreasonably priced.

dollface

Antt

Thanks - thats really helpful.

I was worried about the rhubarb situation - especially out of season. In the UK I am used to eating it most days. I will have to think about freezing a goodly supply in the summer.

Coconuts I assume are also available, is a little bit "specialty". It must feel funny sitting in such a cold place chewing on a shard of "the Caribbean nut".

Silverdragon102

Fruit selection here is not bad, seen some fruit sold here and not in the UK and don't ask me to name them cos I am no good with names. Lots of people where I live have rhubarb growing in their gardens and I have been given a bit and have thought about planting some of my own but may do that later

Antt

Yes, growing might be an option, then storing. Either freezing in bags, or else stewing/pickiling it in jars for the lon winter. It is part ofmy daily routine, so I don't want to give up on it. 'm not especially looking forward to new fruits. I do like rhubarb, oranges, bananas, and someitmes coconut.

didikai

And you had to ask that question?

Dashie

It was pushing 50 here yesterday with the humidity. It's already at 36 degrees at 9am