2025 Spring Fruit Guide: What’s In Season Now?

As much as we love winter fruits like navel oranges and pomegranates, it’s always a pleasure to watch the seasons change and the farm-fresh produce available change with them. There’s nothing quite like the syrupy-sweet aroma of a sun-warmed spring strawberry—or the delicate, melt-in-your-mouth texture of the season’s first peach. In this 2025 Spring Fruit Guide, we’ll walk you through what’s fresh from the spring equinox (Thursday, March 20) to the summer solstice (Friday, June 20). 

This is a quick peek at the bounty you can expect from The FruitGuys in the weeks and months ahead. We’ll also introduce you to several of the hardworking farmers in California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and beyond who grow fresh produce for the fruit boxes we deliver to offices nationwide. 

As you dig in, remember that eating whole, seasonal fruit at work or at home is one of the best things you can do for your body and your brain. And it’s absolutely delicious to boot! Hopefully, you have as much fun tasting these spring bites as we do sourcing and packing them. 

Citrus

Spring is a time of transition for citrus. Fruits like pummelos, blood oranges, Cara Caras, and sweet Star Ruby grapefruits will dwindle as the weather warms up, so savor them while you can! Luckily for citrus lovers, spring is also prime time for sweet, seedless Ojai Pixie tangerines. 

These petite marvels come from a cooperative of several dozen family farms in Ojai, California, including our friends at Friend’s Ranches. They arrived in early March and should stick around through May or even June. Emily Ayala at Friend’s told us that she and her fellow farmers have picked a bumper crop of 30 million Pixies this year. They’re calling it The Epic Pixie Crop of 2025. You can read more about why there are so many Pixies (and what makes them special) here and order them by the case for your office here while supplies last. 

Even as we celebrate Pixies, navel oranges (the so-called “winter” oranges) are preparing to leave the stage. In late spring or early summer, Valencia oranges will replace them. These sweet citrus morsels are great for eating and juicing. Curious about the difference between the two varieties? Read “Navels vs. Valencias” to find out all about it. 

Strawberries and Blueberries

Berry season arrived early this year, and fresh California strawberries and blueberries are becoming more abundant every day. In the US, the strawberry industry operates primarily in the southern, central, and coastal areas of California. Those are prime spots because strawberry production is best suited to moderate climates with warm days and low humidity. This year, we plan to source many of our strawberries from our friends at JSM Organics in Aromas, California, near the central coast.

That said, the weather is causing some complications: Rain and berries don’t mix well. It can cause quality issues like mold, mildew, and diseases and make fields muddy and tricky to harvest. February rains in California delayed berry harvesting and packing, but we have our fingers crossed for better weather on the horizon. 

Delicious fruit is already coming in despite those challenges. Low in calories, high in taste, and packed with Vitamin C, heart-shaped strawberries are always a favorite. Try our recipe for Balsamic Black Pepper Strawberries if you feel like getting creative in the kitchen after you finish reading the Spring Fruit Guide. 

Avocados

California avocados will arrive in April and continue through the fall. We’re particularly excited about Fuerte avocados—a rich, creamy variety that’s beloved by growers and connoisseurs alike. The Fuerte got its name (which means “strong” in Spanish) after a bud transplanted from Atlixco, Mexico, to Altadena, California, survived the Great Freeze of 1913, which destroyed much of Southern California’s fruit crops. We think you’ll have strong feelings about this gem of an avocado once you taste it. 

We’ll also include the Fuerte’s better-known sibling—the velvety, delicious Hass avocado—in some of our mixes starting in April. We love sourcing Hass avocados from our friends at Shanley Farms in Morro Bay and Visalia, California, but their specialty Morro Bay Avocados won’t be available until late summer. 

Avocados are healthy and delicious, and if you’re worried about their impact on the planet, choose American-grown avocados to reduce transportation emissions and check out these four tips for enjoying avocados sustainably. 

Stone Fruits

Our Spring Fruit Guide wouldn’t be complete without a discussion of the delicious and much-anticipated stone fruit. The first peaches of the season will make their appearance in late April. Ours will come from growers in the Salton Sea region of California. By the end of April, we will see both peach and nectarine harvests underway across the Golden State. (Fun fact: If you have a hard time separating your peach from the pit, that doesn’t mean it’s underripe. It might just be a “cling” peach. Learn the difference between cling, freestone, and semi-cling peaches here.)

Cherries from farms like Ferrari Farms are also on the horizon, with California’s cherry season starting in mid-to-late April and peaking during the last few weeks of May. These bite-sized stone fruits are delicious and naturally rich in melatonin—a hormone produced in the brain associated with immunity-boosting, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects. 

Customers in the Midwest and Northeast should start seeing California stone fruit in their boxes from The FruitGuys in May, with local harvests from family farms like Kauffman Orchards in Pennsylvania and Mick Klüg Farms in Michigan starting up by late June or early July. 

When your first peaches arrive, making Cucumber-Peach Salad for your workday lunch is a great way to celebrate them.

Apples and Pears

The FruitGuys is lucky to partner with local apple growers across the US, like Frecon Farms in Pennsylvania, who can supply our customers throughout the spring. Their cutting-edge cold storage abilities keep their apples crisp and sweet just about all year. 

This spring’s Washington apples may include distinctive varieties like the firm and juicy Cosmic Crisp®, the tart and refreshing Pink Lady®, and the crunchy, tangy Opal®. You can also keep an eye out for popular Fuji, Braeburn, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith varieties in our mixes. Curious about which apples are the sweetest? Check our apple flavor chart. 

While apples are abundant, it’s been a tough season for nutrient-dense pears due to colder-than-usual winter weather, with Washington crops down 25–50 percent. That has made some varieties tricky to source, but we’re pleased to add tasty green and red D’Anjous—classic European-style pears—to our mixes this spring.

Bananas

The FruitGuys includes healthy and delicious bananas in our fresh fruit deliveries year-round, so we typically don’t add them to our Spring Fruit Guide. But this year, unlucky weather, shipping delays, and limited availability have made it more challenging than usual to source perfect stage five bananas (yellow with green tips). If you receive bananas that are a bit greener than usual, use these methods to ripen them up quickly so they’re ready for your office oatmeal, fruit salad, or peanut butter-and-banana sandwich (à la Elvis).

Fruit Storage & Ripening

Speaking of ripening, our fresh fruit storage and ripening tips are always helpful to review before you get your next box from The FruitGuys—no matter what’s inside. To see the varieties in your box this week, check out this week’s mixes and choose your region. 

That’s it for our Spring Fruit Guide! Enjoy the season’s bounty, and keep an eye out for our next update when the summer solstice approaches.