{"id":4334,"date":"2015-03-09T21:03:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:52:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T10:52:33","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-march-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-march-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: March 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS WEEK\u2019S FRUIT<\/h3>\nMoro Blood Orange<\/strong>\n\nFrog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA<\/em>\n\nMoros have a deep red flesh and tart flavor with a rind that tends to blush into hues\u00a0of red. The Moro is a wonderfull orange for juicing or cooking due to its bright flavor\u00a0and color.\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\u00a0to Thomas Jefferson. Fujis are loved by many for their crisp, sweet, and juicy character.\n\nHayward Kiwis<\/strong>\n\nChiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA<\/em>\n\nOriginally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its Chinese origins. Hawyward\u00a0Wright, 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\nMurcott Tangerine<\/strong>\n\nSchellenberg Farm, Reedley, CA<\/em>\n\nMurcott Tangerines are known for their rich flavor and deeply hued flesh and juice.\u00a0Their small size and sweet juice makes them a favorite with little ones.\n\nHass Avocados<\/strong>\n\nCalavo Growers, Santa Paula, CA<\/em>\n\nCreamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy\u00a0to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens.\n\nGolden Nuggets<\/strong>\n\nSundance, Oceanside, CA<\/em>\n\nAppearances aren\u2019t everything. The bumpy peel of the Gold Nugget givesway to a\u00a0richly flavored and sweet tart flesh.\n\nNavel Oranges<\/strong>\n\nPurity, Coachella, CA<\/em>\n\nCalifornia Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand.\u00a0They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless and have a meaty and sweet\u00a0flesh that makes them a perfect snack.\n\nA NOTE FROM CHEF BECKY\n\nDear CSA Members,\n\nGot Apricots\n\nToday could not have been a more beautiful day for our annual blossom walk.\u00a0It\u2019s about 73 degrees, with very slight breeze. I think everything is as close to\u00a0full bloom as possible for today\u2019s event. The plums are always first and they are\u00a0beginning to wane, but the peaches, nectarines and apricots are in their full glory.\n\nI think the apricots are the most beautiful in full bloom. The white petals are in a\u00a0dark fuschia jacket that makes them look pink at first glance. The contrast of the\u00a0flowers against the dark shiny branches is dramatic. The apricot blossoms however,\u00a0are not looking quite as abundant as the peach, plum and nectarine blossoms and\u00a0not as uniform.\n\nThis is exactly what we feared. When the trees don\u2019t get enough chilling hours, the\u00a0bloom will be scattered and light. Chilling hours are the number of hours of temperatures between 32 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Each type of stone fruit requires\u00a0a certain amount to break down the growth-inhibiting hormones and allow the\u00a0tree to come out of dormancy. Cherries need the most but apricots seem to need\u00a0a little more than peaches and nectarines do. (The cherries are yet to bloom, they\u00a0are always the last to bloom and the first to fruit so we\u2019ve yet to see what kind of\u00a0cherry crop we\u2019ll have.)\n\nThe good news is that there does seem to be good fruit set. When you pinch the\u00a0blossom you can feel a hard little apricot in there, about the size of a peppercorn.\u00a0When pulled open you can see it, small and green with what looks like a little tail.\u00a0Another silver lining is the fact that in spite of the warm weather, there isn\u2019t any\u00a0sign of brown rot, evidence that our compost program is working.\n\nSo, the apricots will be light this year, how light remains to be seen.\n\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 - Chef Becky<\/strong><\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THIS WEEK\u2019S FRUIT Moro Blood Orange Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Moros have a deep red flesh and tart flavor with a rind that tends to blush into hues\u00a0of red. The Moro is a wonderfull orange for juicing or cooking due to its bright flavor\u00a0and color. Fuji Apples Cuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA Fujis are […]<\/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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-weeks-box"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HwAU-17U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","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=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4945,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions\/4945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}