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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT
Pink Lady Apples
A cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white colored flesh that resists browning makes, this an excellent apple for salads and slicing. Store on your counter out of direct light for 4-5 days. Refrigerate after to maintain crispness.
Warren Pears
This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear. It has a classic European texture, very soft and juicy with a silky sweetness that avoids the typical grittiness found in most pears. Pears are ripe when wrinkled and yielding slightly near the stem. Pears will store well in the fridge once they have reached your optimal ripeness.
Golden Russet Bosc Pears
The Golden Russet is true to its name with a yellowish-white flesh and a uni- formly russet skin. It has the classic Bosc shape of a long elegant neck. Excel- lent for cooking with, the Bosc’s texture holds up very well in pies, tarts, and for poaching.
Clementines
Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA
Clementines are the smallest variety of mandarin oranges. They are a cross between a sweet orange and a Chinese mandarin. Clementines are very sweet, juicy, easy to peel, and usually seedless, making them very popular with chil- dren and adults alike. Store out of sunlight for 2-4 days on the counter or up to two weeks in the fridge.
Fuyu Persimmons
The Fuyu has a crisp texture and delicate sweet flavor. They have a beautiful orange to red hue when ripe. They can be eaten out of hand with skin on or peeled. Store on the counter for 3-5 days or refrigerate for longer enjoyment.
Hayward Kiwis
Chieci Farm, Live Oak, CA
Hawyward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants by grafting and they eventually became the preferred cultivar of growers due to their sweet flavor and thin skin. Ready to eat when they yield to gentle pressure.
A NOTE FROM FARMER AL
Dear CSA members,
Today Frog Hollow Farm served as a Thanksgiving feast for the animals that roam and live on the farm. Driving along the irrigation canal, I saw the same red-tailed hawk at least three times throughout the morning flying past the same spot. First, soaring and swooping low, almost down inside the empty canal, then perched on a telephone pole and directly on the ground. Good, fierce, hawk-hunting on our farm consists of a thanksgiving meal of fat gophers and squirrels.
Then I saw a coyote that scampered off as I drove by – probably on the prowl for the same gophers and squirrels. Happy Thanksgiving señor cayote…and buen gusto! A few hours later, I saw a beautiful white snowy egret. She walked on her long stilt-like legs in the almost empty canal, busy fishing I guess (yes there are still a few small minnows in our canal). Happy thanksgiving to you sweet snow-maiden – may your day of thanks be filled with fish.
Today is sunny, bright, and a bit hazy. Apricot trees still cling to their now golden bronzed leaves, while peach trees have given up their leaves to the high winds of last Thursday and the sturdy hobbit-like pink lady apples still show off their dark green leaves, unaffected from the seasons changing.
It feels like fall and I feel blessed and grateful to be immersed in the beauty and bounty of this place that can provide a nurturing place for the animals and for us!
