Mississippi Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
Exact crop availability will vary year-to-year, but this guide will give you a sense of what to expect at Mississippi farmers markets and farm stands:
Apples – late June through early October (cold storage until spring)
Asparagus – March through June
Basil – May through October
Beets – April through July (available from storage year-round)
Blueberries – late May through early August
Broccoli – late May through early August
Cabbage – late April through early July
Cantaloupes – June through September
Carrots – year-round
Cauliflower – March through June
Chicories – fall and winter
Chiles – June through October
Corn – late May through August
Cucumbers – late May through early November
Eggplant – late May through early October
Fava beans – February through May
Fennel – October through April
Garlic – harvested in June (cured and stored year-round)
Green beans – late May through early November
Green onions/scallions – January through June
Greens – October through June
Herbs – year-round
Leeks – April through August
Lettuce – March through early July
Melons – late June through September
Nectarines – late May through early September
New Potatoes – May
Okra – June through October
Onions – late April through early November (available from storage year-round)
Parsnips – November through March
Peaches – late May through early September
Pears – August through November
Pea greens – March through May
Peanuts – May through August
Peas & Pea Pods – late April through early July
Pecans – year-round
Peppers (sweet) – June through October
Plums & pluots – July and August
Potatoes – late May through August (available from storage year-round)
Pumpkins – late September through early November
Radishes – March through June
Raspberries – June and July
Rhubarb – February through May
Rutabagas – late September through early December
Shallots – June and July (available from storage year-round)
Shelling beans – July through November
Snap peas/snow peas/pea pods – late April through early July
Sorrel – year-round
Spinach – late March through early July
Squash – late April through September
Strawberries – late March through early July
Sweet potatoes – harvested July through November (available from storage year-round)
Tomatoes – June through October
Turnips – January through April
Watermelons – June through September
Winter Squash – late August through December
Zucchini – late April through September
** Adapted from About.com Guide by Molly Watson