{"id":3186,"date":"2013-08-21T00:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2013-08-21T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T00:18:10","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-august-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-august-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: August 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Week's Fruit<\/h2>\nCal Red Peaches\u00a0<\/strong>\n\nThe beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the \"Oh my God\" peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred by University of California botanist Claron O. Hesse in the mid 1960s. Aptly named for the Golden State, the Cal Red is a beautiful golden peach marked with a gentle, sun-kissed blush.\n\nSummer Fire Nectarines<\/strong>\n\n<\/strong>The Summer Fire has a firm meaty flesh that isn't as juicy as some of our other varieties but is packed with a red wine intensity that makes it a memorable and desirable nectarine. Often with a deeper reddish hue than the Fantasia, the Summer Fire is a variety that's worth the extra effort it takes to slice and pit a clingstone: its warm yellow flesh is streaked beautifully with red near the pit.\n\nFlavor King Pluots<\/strong>\n\nA dark-skinned pluot with red flesh, it has an intense rich flavor combined with sweet, spicy tones that are reminiscent of the Santa Rosa. A nice acid bite and firm texture that softens beautifully as the fruit continues to ripen, the Flavor King is amazing out of hand and equally good for baking.\n\nEmerald Beaut Plums<\/strong>\n\nThe Emerald Beaut is a delicate green that turns golden with a hint of blush. It has a firmer texture than the Santa Rosa with a crisp almost crunchy mouth- feel. One of our most hardy fruit, the Emerald Beaut just gets sweeter and sweeter without losing texture as it ages.\n\nFlame Seedless Grapes<\/strong>\n\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.\n\nStorage Recommendations<\/strong>\n\nDuring the summer season, we recommend keeping two - three days worth of fruit out on the counter top and storing the rest in the fridge to be enjoyed later in the week.\n

A Note From Sarah<\/h1>\n

Warren Pears 2013<\/h3>\nDear CSA Members,<\/span>\n\nThis year we have a record crop of our Warren pears. So much so that we had to rush out last Thursday and Friday and buy 180 bins to pick into because we didn\u2019t have enough on hand! And still, as hard as we tried to get them all picked and into bins for cold storage, we still lost 20% of the crop onto the ground because we had too many bases to cover.\n\nWelcome to August on the farm. We had ripe Cal Reds, ripe plums, pluots and nectarines all of which needed to get off the tress and into homes asap! So, the Warrens had to wait. But you know the age old saying, \u201cGood things come to Those Who Wait\u201d\u2026\n\nMany of you are familiar with our Warren Pears, some of you who are new to our CSA may think \u201cI don\u2019t like pears\u201d. That would be only because you haven\u2019t tasted our Warren\u2019s. Most of the pear varieties you can buy in the stores are \u201cgritty\u201d in texture and flat in taste. I know you\u2019re all thinking, \u201chere they go again\u201d and yes, again, \u201cOurs are different!\u201d Yes, I said it. Again. And they are.\n\nThe Warren Pear is smooth and buttery in it\u2019s texture and chuck full of delicate pear flavor in each bite. They\u2019ve made Oprah\u2019s Favorite list, so that tells you something about the quality. They should start showing up in your shares mid September.\n\nOther goings on here on the Farm this week? We are out of ripe fruit! The demand for our fruit has been so good this year Friday afternoon we were out of fruit to ship to our wholesale customers. Monday morning bright and early the crews started picking and packing with a feverish pace. Still we had to postpone one truck and all the deliveries on it because there was no way we could get enough fruit picked and packed to fill all the orders! I guess it\u2019s a good thing, but it doesn\u2019t feel good to have to call stores and say, \u201cSorry, we\u2019ve had to delay your delivery until tomorrow.\u201d We got lots of \u201cOh NO! We\u2019re out of fruit!\u201d Our reply was, \u201cSo are WE!\u201d\n\nHave you all noticed the changes in the air? The shadows are longer, the afternoon light has taken on a more golden hue, the days are shorter. Fall is just around the corner. For most of you your schedules will return to \u201cnormal\u201d with kids heading back to school (some of you parents are thankful) the days of swimming, running barefoot, camping in the back yard and mid week sleep overs are coming to a close. With the pear harvest ending the pace on the farm shifts too. We don\u2019t stop until they are all sold, usually after Christmas, but the chaotic pace of summer is slowing and becoming more humane. I love Fall.\n\nRemember to add on extra fruit for those school lunches! That is one thing I do not miss during the summer; packing a lunch M-F for my 7 year old! However, the one thing I can count on her eating? FHF fruit!\n\nFarmer Al, Becky and their girls are on a brief (very), well deserved break in Tahoe and the Farm is humming along in their absence. Don\u2019t be fooled, many, many calls from Farmer Al\u2019s cell phone have been received, by everyone, not sure how much of a break he ever takes!\n

Sarah<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Week’s Fruit Cal Red Peaches\u00a0 The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred by University of California botanist Claron O. Hesse in the mid 1960s. Aptly named for the Golden State, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[35,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HwAU-Po","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186","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=3186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}