What's in season
65 fruits and vegetables sorted by the season they are harvested, from the USDA's own guide — plus when farmers markets are actually open to buy them.
Spring
March to May
28 fruits and vegetables at their best
Apples, Apricots, Asparagus, Avocados, Bananas, Blackberries…
Summer
June to August
38 fruits and vegetables at their best
Apples, Apricots, Avocados, Bananas, Beets, Bell Peppers…
Fall
September to November
40 fruits and vegetables at their best
Apples, Bananas, Beets, Bell Peppers, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts…
Winter
December to February
29 fruits and vegetables at their best
Apples, Avocados, Bananas, Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage…
Available all year
8 items the USDA lists in all four seasons — mostly storage crops.
- Apples
- Bananas
- Carrots
- Celery
- Lemons
- Limes
- Onions
- Plantains
When you can buy it
Produce being in season is only half the problem — the market has to be open. Across 1,481 markets that publish a season, 1,396 trade in July against 365 in January.
See market season by stateCommon questions
- Why is this by season rather than by month?
- Because the USDA classifies produce by season, not by month, and a national month-by-month calendar would be invention. Asparagus in Georgia and asparagus in Vermont are six weeks apart. We publish the granularity the source supports and no more.
- Why do apples show in every season?
- Storage and imports. Apples keep for months in controlled atmosphere, so they are genuinely available year-round even though the harvest is autumn. The same goes for potatoes, onions, cabbage and carrots.
- How do I find what's in season where I live?
- Go to the market. That is not a dodge — the stalls in front of you are the only accurate local seasonal calendar, and they update themselves weekly. Our state season pages show when markets are open near you.
Produce seasons from the USDA SNAP-Ed Seasonal Produce Guide, a public-domain US government resource, retrieved 2026-08-25.