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Fruit and News of the Week: May 2nd

Posted on by Lael Gerhart
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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:  Apache Apricots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Apache is one of the newest varieties of apricots introduced to growers and was developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. It’s early off the tree but doesn’t sacrifice any flavor…

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Fruit and News: Week of May 7th, 2012

Posted on by Kimi Owens
young fruit next to a quarter for scale with dime sized chunks missing
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Earwig invasion! Last Tuesday, the Tree Team leader, Antonio, came to me with handfuls of nectarines and peaches–fruit about the size of a quarter–that they had thinned to show me that the annual earwig invasion had begun.

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Week of June 19th 2011

Posted on by Kimi Owens
CSA Box with a clamshell of Bing cherries and Gold Dust peaches.
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The rains are finally (hopefully) behind us, so let the summer begin! Our “Gold Dust” peaches always herald the beginning of summer…

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