{"id":4759,"date":"2016-02-22T19:36:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:48:15","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-february-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-february-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: February 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THIS WEEK\u2019S FRUIT<\/h1>\r\n<strong>Hass Avocado<\/strong>\r\n<em>Del Ray Farm, Riverside, CA\r\n<\/em>Creamy 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<b>Fuerte Avocado\r\n<\/b><i>Churchill -Brenneis Orchard, Ojai, CA\r\n<\/i>A California variety prized by specialty growers for it's ability to withstand freezing and was aptly named \"Fuerte\" or strong in Spanish. It has a smooth, thin, grass green skin with pale green flesh. Fuerte are less oily than a Hass, but have a rich and nutty flavor.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fuji Apple<\/strong>\r\n<em>Cuyama, New Cuyama,\u00a0CA\r\n<\/em>Fujis are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom apple dating back to Thomas Jefferson. They are one of the sweetest variety apples around making them a household favorite.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pink Lady Apple<\/strong>\r\n<em>Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA\r\n<\/em>Pink Lady\u2019s are a cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams. They are a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white colored flesh that resists browning make this an excellent apple for salads and slicing.\r\n\r\n<strong>Murcott Mandarin<\/strong>\r\n<em>Wild River Farm, Marysville, CA\r\n<\/em>Murcott Mandarins 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<b>Ruby Grapefruit<\/b>\r\n<em>CCH Citrus, Riverside, CA\r\n<\/em>The Grapefruit is said to be a cross between the Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo, first documented in 1750. Under its thick skin you\u2019ll find an aromatic juicy flesh with a perfect sweet tart flavor. Brighten up your savory salads or include the juice in your vinaigrettes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS WEEK\u2019S FRUIT Hass Avocado Del Ray Farm, Riverside, CA Creamy 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. Fuerte Avocado Churchill -Brenneis Orchard, Ojai, CA A California variety prized by specialty growers for it&#8217;s ability [&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":[700,691,701,702,703,704,705,706],"class_list":["post-4759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-weeks-box","tag-broccoli","tag-cauliflower","tag-greenhouse","tag-greens","tag-hoop-house","tag-onion","tag-peach-trees","tag-quiche"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HwAU-1eL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759","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=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}