{"id":4200,"date":"2014-12-08T23:11:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T23:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2014-12-08T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T23:11:50","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-dec-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-dec-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: Dec 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THIS WEEK'S FRUIT<\/h3>\nPink Lady Apples<\/strong>\n\nCuyama, New Cuyama, CA<\/em>\n\nA cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is acrisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white coloredflesh that resists browning makes this an excellent apple for salads and slicing\n\nFuji Apples<\/strong>\n\nCuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA<\/em>\n\nFujis are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom apple dating back to Thomas Jefferson. Fujis are loved by many for their crisp, sweet, and juicy character.\n\nPomegranate<\/strong>\n\nHome Grown Organic Farm, Porterville, CA<\/em>\n\nNative to the regions of Persia and the Western Himalayan range, pomegranates have been cultivated for several millennia. When sliced open, a beautiful array of jewel-like seeds are displayed. The aril is the colorful casing that surrounds the edible seeds and has a sweet tart flavor. Enjoy the arils alone or use them in salads, desserts, or beverages.\n\nNavel Oranges<\/strong>\n\nTwin Girl Farm, Yettem, CA<\/em>\n\nCalifornia Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless, and have a meaty and sweet flesh that makes them a perfect snack. Navels are also great for juicing and cooking.\n\nHayward Kiwi<\/strong>\n\nChiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA<\/em>\n\nOriginally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its Chinese origins.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.\n\nOwari Satsuma Mandarins<\/strong>\n\nQuinco\/Wild River, Marysville, CA<\/em>\n\nSatsumas are typically seedless with a thin skin that is loosely attached to the flesh making them very easy to peel. The flesh of the mandarin is very sweet and delicate leaving them susceptible to bruising, so handle with care. Do not place other fruits on top of the mandarins.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A NOTE FROM FARMER AL<\/strong><\/h3>\n\u201cWhen it Rains, it Pours\u201d\n\nAnd we are thankful!\u00a0 And relieved!\u00a0 And Hopeful!\u00a0 We\u2019re thankful for the water in the soil, and in the reservoirs, and relieved at the prospect that the three year drought may be over.\u00a0 Hopeful that more rain is coming.\u00a0 Hopeful that it will be enough to end the drought and to restore for all of us a sense (or even an affirmation) that our \u201cCalifornia Dream\u201d might be alive and well, after all!\n\nHere at Frog Hollow Farm, we\u2019re scrambling to get ready for the next storm due to hit here in three days on Thursday.\u00a0 This last storm was definitely a wake-up call for storm-preparedness, causing a major leak which sent our downstairs office team members home to work from home for the rest of the week.\n\nAll of our field workers will have to tighten their belts (perhaps literally) and make do with a little less during these soggy holiday days, because it\u2019s impossible to work in our orchards when it is this wet.\u00a0 Our clay soils turn into very mushy mud!\u00a0 So we\u2019re feeling behind in our pruning.\u00a0 Also no compost work can be done, so we\u2019re falling behind on compost production!\n\nThen there\u2019s that ever-present worry about chill hours.\u00a0 Rainy weather, at least here in California, means \u201cwarmish\u201d temperatures, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re getting.\u00a0 So our chill hours are the lowest we\u2019ve seen in many years.\u00a0 Don\u2019t count on seeing any cherries in 2015.\u00a0 If the warm winter continues it will begin to impact even fruit varieties that don\u2019t require all that many chill hours.\n\nI\u2019m hoping for lots more rain in December, then a cold foggy January.\n\nWith mixed feelings, as usual,\n\n\"Signature","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Pink Lady Apples Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA A cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is acrisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white coloredflesh that resists browning makes this an excellent apple for salads and slicing Fuji Apples Cuyama Farm, New […]<\/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-4200","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-15K","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200","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=4200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}