January’s Harvest Unveils a Citrus Boom and Winter’s Hearty Bounty
January brings a rich variety of seasonal produce, with citrus fruits taking centre stage. Growers across the US are harvesting everything from sweet mandarins to hearty root vegetables. The month also offers a mix of exotic fruits, crisp winter greens, and long-storing squashes.
California remains the top producer of winter citrus, supplying most of the country’s January harvest. Popular varieties include Kishu mandarins, kumquats, Meyer lemons, pomelos, and Sumo Citrus. Florida also contributes to the citrus bounty, while the Pacific Northwest delivers Comice pears from Washington and Oregon.
Beyond citrus, apples and pears stay flavourful well into the new year. Cosmic Crisp apples and Comice pears remain widely available. Exotic fruits like lychee, Shingo pears, and jackfruit also reach their peak in January. Winter greens thrive in the colder months, with brassicas such as cabbage, kale, and collard greens growing sweeter after frost. Chicories—Belgian endive, radicchio, and castelfranco radicchio—are in season and keep well in storage. Root vegetables like celeriac, beets, turnips, rutabaga, and specialty radishes are plentiful and store for weeks. Squash varieties, including delicata, honeynut, kabocha, red kuri, sweet dumpling, and blue hubbard, stay at their best through March. Potatoes in all forms—mixed baby, purple, fingerlings, and specialty types—are also abundant. Florida strawberries and California kiwis round out the month’s peak produce.
The January harvest offers a mix of bright citrus, hardy greens, and long-lasting roots. Shoppers can find everything from sweet mandarins to earthy squash and tangy kiwis. The variety ensures fresh, flavourful options well into the winter season.
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