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?

This is a wind-up right???

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

Oranges and Bananas don't grow in ON.

And not to be confused with Burdock.

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

Don't they have their own parade ?

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.

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.

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".

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

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.

And you had to ask that question?

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