{"id":4625,"date":"2015-10-26T19:45:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T19:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2016-04-07T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:15:53","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-october-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-october-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: October 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>THIS WEEK'S FRUIT<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<strong>Warren Pears<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis is Frog Hollow Farm\u2019s signature pear and for good reason. It has a great\u00a0origin story, discovered by Thomas Oscar Warren growing naturally outside\u00a0a post office in Hattiesburg, MS. Once known as the Post Office pear, it\u2019s\u00a0taken on its founder name is a favorite of chefs. Too difficult to grow for most\u00a0farmers, it\u2019s never caught on commercially but Farmer Al has never shied away\u00a0from putting the time and effort into a fruit that tastes so good. It has a classic\u00a0European texture, very soft and juicy with a silky sweetness that avoids the\u00a0typical grittiness found in most pears.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fuyu Persimmons<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFrog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA\r\n\r\nThe Fuyu has a crisp texture with a rich honey sweet flavor. They have a\u00a0beautiful orange to red hue when ripe, often with tiny brown speckles on the\u00a0skin. They can be eaten out of hand with skin on or peeled.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fuji Apples<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA\r\n\r\nFujis are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom apple\u00a0dating back to Thomas Jefferson. Fujis are loved by many for their crisp, sweet,\u00a0and juicy character.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pomegranate<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTwin Girls Farm, Yettem, CA\r\n\r\nNative to the regions of Persia and the Western Himalayan range, pomegranates have been cultivated for several millennia. When sliced open, a beautiful\u00a0array of jewel-like seeds are displayed. The aril is the colorful casing that\u00a0surrounds the edible seeds and has a sweet tart flavor. Enjoy the arils alone or\u00a0use them in salads, desserts, or beverages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Red Seedless Grapes<\/strong>\r\n\r\nVBZ Grapes, Richgrove, CA\r\n\r\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.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS WEEK&#8217;S FRUIT Warren Pears Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm\u2019s signature pear and for good reason. It has a great\u00a0origin story, discovered by Thomas Oscar Warren growing naturally outside\u00a0a post office in Hattiesburg, MS. Once known as the Post Office pear, it\u2019s\u00a0taken on its founder name is a favorite of [&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-4625","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-1cB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625","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=4625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5106,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions\/5106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}