Summer Fruit from Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

photo courtesy of Pixabay

By Val

@valmnz (17099)

New Zealand

January 15, 2019 9:56pm CST

Yesterday my husband and I drove from one side of New Zealand's North Island to the other, to spend time with a long-standing friend over there. The drive is just over two hours, so a reasonable distance for a return day trip. We love the Hawke's Bay region, sometimes known as the sunshine province. As well as great weather it is best known for being one of our country's major fruit and wine producing regions. We didn't have time to visit any vineyards yesterday, but we did come home with lots of wonderful freshly picked, inexpensive fruit. So, now my fruit bowl is filled with apricots, plums, nectarines and cherries. I love summer fruits such as these. Cherries and apricots are my favourites. Which summer fruits do you enjoy most when they are in season? Photo from the Pixabay site

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57836)

• Centralia, Washington

16 Jan 19

Bing cherries!! Your luscious photo makes me very hungry for next summer's produce. Yummers.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

Each season has its specialities doesn't it.

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@JudyEv (325696)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Jan 19

Those apricots look SOOOO delicious. Enjoy. I like peaches but don't often buy them.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

The weird weather has meant there aren't many peaches around this year. Is the Aussie heat wave affecting you?

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

@JudyEv I remember trying to cope with 42 in Melbourne a few years back, that was bad enough!

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@JudyEv (325696)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Jan 19

@valmnz No, it's just pleasantly warm. Did you hear it was 52C in Port Augusta? 52!!! I'd melt I think.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 19

Apricots grow in Switzerland and they are my favorite summer fruits. Cherry season is so short, while apricots last for almost two months.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

It's annoying that growing seasons are so short isn't it.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

19 Jan 19

@LadyDuck that often happens to our grapes

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

18 Jan 19

@valmnz It is, the cherries are so expensive. My neighbor had a tree in the garden, the birds arrived to eat all the cherries before they were ripe.

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@DianneN (246710)

• United States

18 Jan 19

I love Bing cherries, cantaloupe, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries mangos, nectarines, and honeydew.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

18 Jan 19

Seems you like most fruit!

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

19 Jan 19

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@DianneN (246710)

• United States

19 Jan 19

@responsiveme (22926)

• India

16 Jan 19

All those are winter fruits here. Nothing like fresh fruits to enjoy,I say Those peaches look awesome

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

Yes, they're apricots and they are great.

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@responsiveme (22926)

• India

16 Jan 19

@valmnz okay, those looked like peaches to me. Because I have never seen fresh apricots,only the dried variety

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65282)

• Serbia

16 Jan 19

I like fruit, I like strawberries most.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

Yes they are a delicious summer fruit

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

18 Jan 19

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65282)

• Serbia

17 Jan 19

@valmnz mmm yes

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

16 Jan 19

I remember when we were on a package holiday in New Zealand the driver of our bus suggested that we stop by at a place where fresh fruit ice cream would be served then and there We only had to choose the fruits. It was a memorable experience.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

Yes I can December that too, but it doesn't happen any more. Commercialised now.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

16 Jan 19

The fruit in your picture makes my mouth water ! Peaches are my favourite in summer.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

I love the colour and the juice in summer fruit.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36431)

• Toccoa, Georgia

18 Jan 19

I like cherries and cantaloupe.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

19 Jan 19

I don't think I've ever had cantaloupe. Not sure if it's available in New Zealand

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@wolfgirl569 (95105)

• Marion, Ohio

16 Jan 19

Most all of them. Love cherries and apples.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

Here apples are more of an autumn fruit

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@wolfgirl569 (95105)

• Marion, Ohio

16 Jan 19

@valmnz Late summer to fall.

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@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

16 Jan 19

We had a peach - or possibly apricot - tree in our garden but cut it down as all it ever did was drop stones on the greenhouse and break the glass or drop stones on the grass that got caught in the mower. We never got any fruit at all.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

That's sad, but the conditions obviously weren't right.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306079)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Jan 19

Having fresh fruit is awesome. My favorites are the berries, not cherries. Also peaches, oranges, apples - well, most fruits except cherries.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

18 Jan 19

It's good we have so many to choose from, isn't it.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306079)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Jan 19

@valmnz Yes, it is.

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@paigea (35678)

• Canada

16 Jan 19

Even in summer our fruit is mainly imported from other provinces. Really enjoy peaches, cherries when they are in season in British Columbia.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

We don't have a lot of fruit grown in my immediate region, but NZ is so small it comes in from all over the country.

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@ilocosboy (45157)

• Philippines

16 Jan 19

Those fruits cannot be found here

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

What summer fruits do you have?

@ilocosboy (45157)

• Philippines

17 Jan 19

The local fruit like chico, mango, pomelo, watermelons among others.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

18 Jan 19

I love all fruit and luckily here in Florida, we have fresh fruit even in the winter, at least some. I love peaches and all berries and cherries.

@jstory07 (134422)

• Roseburg, Oregon

18 Jan 19

I could go for some fruit that does not cost a lot.

@xFiacre (12594)

• Ireland

16 Jan 19

@valmnz Ireland isn’t a producer of a wide variety of fruit but were rather good at apples. Those pictures are from my garden.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

18 Jan 19

@xFiacre that's typical isn't it! I love guava, but I don't think we grow them in NZ

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

Good healthy looking apples. When we lived further north we had five apple trees, as well as a peach tree and a lemon tree.

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@xFiacre (12594)

• Ireland

17 Jan 19

@valmnz When we lived in Africa in the 60/70s we had in our garden trees producing lemons, bananas, mangoes, apricots, pomegranates, guavas, papaya, peaches and a whole lot more - we didn't really appreciate them.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

16 Jan 19

All of them! Watermelon is one of my fav.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

Yes, I like water melon too, but I haven't had it for years

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

16 Jan 19

I suppose strawberries.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

17 Jan 19

Our strawberry season was a bit of a disaster this year because of the weather. The strawberries we eat here are grown nearby on the west coast, the fruit we bought was on the west coast.

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@Janet357 (75656)

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16 Jan 19

Wow, this is very rare in asia,

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

16 Jan 19

Every country has their own amazing fruits