{"id":4374,"date":"2015-03-30T19:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T19:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2016-04-08T10:02:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T10:02:53","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-march-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-march-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: March 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>THIS WEEK\u2019S FRUIT<\/h3>\r\n<strong>Hayward Kiwis <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Chiechi Farm, Live 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 Tangerine <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Twin Girl, Yettem, 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 Avocados <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Eco Farm, Soquel, 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\r\n<strong> Navel Oranges <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Twin Girl, Yettem, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\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.\r\n\r\n<strong> Ruby Grapefruit<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em> Sundance Organic, Oceanside, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe Grapefruit is said to cross between the Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo, first documented in 1750. Ruby grapefruit was an accidental discovery of a red fruit growing on a pink grapefruit tree.\r\n\r\n<strong>Albion Strawberries<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>JW Farms, Watsonville, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe Albion is a newer variety strawberry developed at UC Davis. It is ever bearing and usually produces fruit June \u2013 October in the Bay Area. Strawberries are early this year! The sweet flavor and firm flesh makes the Albion an excellent dessert or preserving berry.\r\n\r\n<strong>Encore Mandarins<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em> Abounding Harvest, Los Gatos, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe Encore is a late variety mandarin that is a cross of the King and Willow Leaf oranges. The Encore has a sweet and juicy flesh that is excellent for eating out of hand or for juice or jam.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS WEEK\u2019S FRUIT Hayward Kiwis Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA Originally 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. Murcott Tangerine Twin Girl, Yettem, CA [&hellip;]<\/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-4374","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-18y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374","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=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5205,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions\/5205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}