{"id":4318,"date":"2015-03-02T20:13:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4318"},"modified":"2016-04-08T10:11:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T10:11:02","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-march-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-march-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: March 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0THIS WEEKS FRUIT<\/h3>\r\n<strong>Tarocco Blood Orange <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA <\/em>\r\n\r\nA beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange and its flavor is a little more tart. These beauties sweeten and darken in color as the season progresses.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pink Lady Apple <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Cuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA <\/em>\r\n\r\nA 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.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fuji Apples<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Cuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\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.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cara Cara Oranges<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><\/strong> <em>Cousins Organic, Orange Grove, CA <\/em>\r\n\r\nA medium sized red fleshed seedless navel orange. Cara caras are a low acid orange that makes the flesh sweeter and more complex than most navels.\r\n\r\n<strong>Golden Nuggets<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><\/strong> <em>Abounding Harvest Mounain Farm, Los Gatos, CA <\/em>\r\n\r\nAppearances aren\u2019t everything. The bumpy peel of the Gold Nugget gives way to a richly flavored and sweet tart flesh.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hayward Kiwis <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Chiechi Farm,\u00a0Live Oak, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\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.\r\n\r\n<strong>Murcott Tangerines <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Wild River Farm, Marysville, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\nMurcott Tangerines are known for their rich flavor and deeply hued flesh and juice. Their small size and sweet juice makes them a favorite with little ones.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hass Avocado <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Eco-Farms, Temecula, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\nCreamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0THIS WEEKS FRUIT Tarocco Blood Orange Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange and its flavor is a little more tart. 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