“Asparagus is where it’s at,” says Graham Gee, the senior buyer at the Happy Apple in Melbourne. “We’re at peak season for our Koo Wee Rup growers,” he says of the Victorian growing district – Australia’s largest for asparagus. They’re selling for less than $2 a bunch in supermarkets.
If weather conditions stay favourable, asparagus will be in good supply from now until December. White asparagus, considered a delicacy in Germany, has a shorter, five-week season. Sold loose, this variety is about $39 a kilo on shelves now, but likely to come down in price.
