Australian: THE price of fruit and vegetables is set to rocket as the full effects of the deluge in the north and the heatwave in the south is felt in Australia’s farming communities. Ask Koula Augoustinos, the manager of Fred McMahon’s Fruit and Vegetable Stall, which produce is in short supply and she reels off a list: lettuce, onions, potatoes, mushrooms, cauliflower, apricots and peaches. “A lot of stuff is local, but the stock is not that good and the prices have gone up,” she …