{"id":1909,"date":"2012-09-26T17:23:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T17:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2012-09-26T17:23:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T17:23:58","slug":"fruit-and-news-week-of-september-24th-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-week-of-september-24th-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News: Week of September 24th 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS WEEK'S FRUIT<\/h1>\n\nEmerald Beaut Plums<\/strong>\nA freestone plum, the Emerald Beaut is a delicate green that turns golden with a hint of a blush. It has a firmer texture than the Santa Rosa with a crisp almost crunchy mouthfeel. One of our most hardy fruit, the Emerald Beaut just gets sweeter and sweeter without losing texture as it ages.<\/small> \n\nHosui Asian Pears<\/strong>\nThe Hosui is popular in both Japan and in California. They have a rough, thick skin with flesh that while still crunchy has a more melting mouthful, making the texture combination when eaten out of hand spectacular. Very juicy and sweet with a milder pear taste, their round shape and beautiful golden hue make them ideal for presentation with a distinctively Autumnal feel.<\/small>\n\nWarren Pears<\/strong>\nThe Warren is to our pears as the Cal Red is to our peaches and the Flavor King to our pluots. This is Frog Hollow Farm\u2019s signature pear and for good reason. Too difficult to grow for most farmers to consider it\u2019s never caught on commercially but Farmer Al has never shied away from putting the time and effort into a fruit that tastes so good. It has a classic European texture, very soft and juicy with a silky sweetness that avoids the typical grittiness found in most pears.<\/small>\n\nFlame Seedless Grapes<\/strong>\nFirm, large, and sweet the Flame Seedless are one of the most popular varieties in North America. Enjoy these out of hand or try them in green salads, chicken salads, or fruit salads.<\/small>\n\nMuscat Grapes<\/strong>\nThe Muscat family is among the oldest of grape varieties. A gorgeous green to golden blush color gives way to a perfumey and sweet flavor. These grapes have seeds but the flavor is worth the effort.<\/small>\n\n

A Note From Sarah<\/h1>\n\"\"<\/a>\nDear CSA Members, \n\nSeptember\u2026 Ahhhh, that\u2019s how I feel when I flip the page of the calendar to \u201cSeptember\u201d. For me it\u2019s the time of year \u201cthe Magic of Frog Hollow\u201d begins\u2026\n\nIt signifies for us on the Farm a slow down. It means peaches are gone and we\u2019re moving into pear and apple season. It\u2019s a slower pace and that means there\u2019s time to enjoy the Farm in a different way. There\u2019s time to go for a walk before or after lunch and there\u2019s time to take notice of the changes that are happening in the orchard. Leaves are yellowing, grasses are brown, shadows are longer and there\u2019s a different feel to the air. It\u2019s Fall! \n\nThis is my most favorite time of year on Frog Hollow Farm. I love the post harvest feeling of accomplishment. The knowledge that we\u2019ve done it again, sold everything on the trees, and can start to look towards the \u201cdown\u201d time. It\u2019s time to get ground work done before it starts to rain, fertilize and replenish what the harvest took from the soil. Fall on the Farm is what I like to call \u201ccivilized\u201d. There isn\u2019t the mad rush to get the harvest in and sold before we lose it. It\u2019s more of a gentleman\u2019s (or gentlewoman, in my case) pace. There\u2019s still a lot of work to get done before winter sets in, but the sense of urgency is more calm and relaxed. It\u2019s magical and mesmerizing to have time to breathe and watch bunnies hop through the orchard and hawks soar above in the blue skies\u2026 I hope everyone is able to come to our Fall Harvest Festival on October 14th and experience what I\u2019m talking about. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Emerald Beaut Plums A freestone plum, the Emerald Beaut is a delicate green that turns golden with a hint of a blush. It has a firmer texture than the Santa Rosa with a crisp almost crunchy mouthfeel. One of our most hardy fruit, the Emerald Beaut just gets sweeter and sweeter without […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HwAU-uN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}