Prices for certain fruits and vegetables have gone up in the past fortnight because of limited supply, brought on by the twin effects of the floods in Queensland, and less planting in the Central West because of the extreme heatwave in December and January. 

According to the NSW Department of Primary Industries, the main vegetable growing areas in the Central West are Orange, Oberon, Bathurst, Blayney, Cowra, Canowindra, Forbes and Condobolin.

Clint Evans, owner of Country Fruit Distributors in McNamara Street, said he had seen a significant price rise in vegetables and some fruits due to the recent weather events.

"Severe heat a month ago has damaged stock and delayed planting, so we are seeing this now in the market with short supply causing the price rise, along with the floods up north causing issues with freight, affecting bananas mainly," Mr Evans said.

"The drought up north also has caused some tomato growers to run out of water and not be able to plant any fruit or [it being] very limited."

Mr Evans was hopeful prices would settle down next month as production in Victorian paddocks and orchards increases.

Denise O'Grady, a shop coordinator at Bathurst Wholefood Co Operative Ltd, said the prices have gone up for vegetables such as carrots, silverbeets and cabbage, and fruits such as banana.

"Bananas have been really affected, they probably doubled in price. We were probably selling them round about $4 [a month ago] a kilo and at the moment we are having to sell them at $8 a kilo," Ms O'Grady said.

"They are organic bananas and they are coming from Queensland.

"Carrots have also gone up for the same reasons.They are selling for $7 a kilo, but we were selling them probably $3 to $4 a kilo last month."

The good news is that the avocado price has come down.   

Ms O'Grady said the green leafy vegetables such as spinach and chard (silverbeet) are either very expensive or not available because of the limited supply due to the weather.