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Fruit and News: Week of July 8

Suncrest Peaches A Slow Food Ark heritage variety, the Suncrest has all the old-fashioned taste of days gone by. Its a truly memorable peach whose firm but juicy flesh provides a real eat-over-the-sink experience. Gently tapered, the Suncrest has hardly

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Fruit and News: Week of June 18th 2012

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Gold Dust peaches A sweet and fragrant peach that’s ripe enough to drip juice down your chin is one of the joys of summer. The Gold Dust is one of our favorites and the first outstanding peach

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Fruit and News: Week of June 11th, 2012

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Crimson Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Crimson Lady has a firm texture that is more springy than meltingly juicy. Good for eating out of hand but also make an excellent dried fruit. When dried,

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Fruit and News: Week of June 4th, 2012

left;”>Here at Frog Hollow Farm we devote huge resources (money and people) to post-harvest handling. Two years ago we invested 2 million
dollars to build our own state of the art packing shed.

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Fruit and News: Week of May 21st, 2012

close up of an olive branche laden with tiny yellow white flowers

Right now, mid-way to olive harvesting time, is when the trees bloom; the branches are bright with flowers, and the ground below is yellow with tiny olive blossom petals. Truly, this is a glorious sight to my eyes, and a good omen to all of you olive oil lovers out there.

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    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
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