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This Week’s Fruit: Shinko Asian Pear Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Shinko has a round shape which is slightly flattened. The skin is bronze with brown russeting and its juicy, creamy white flesh has a subtly rich flavor. One of…
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Fruit & News of the Week: November 13, 2017
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Fruit & News of the Week: November 10th, 2017
This Week’s Fruit Shinko Asian Pear Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Shinko has a round shape which is slightly flattened. The skin is bronze with brown russeting and its juicy, creamy white flesh has a subtly rich flavor. One…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, Asian Pears, bay area farm, california grown, california olive, california organic farm, oil production, olio nuovo, Olive Oil, olive oil orchard, Olives, organic olive, tuscan style olive oil
Fruit of the Week: October 16, 2017
Fruit of the Week: Flavor Rich Pluots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A small pluot about the size of golf ball with deep purple skin and a golden flesh that has an excellent balance of acidity and sweetness. Shinko Asian…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Asian Pears, Bay Area CSA, bay area farm, bay area farmer, California, CSA, Frog Hollow Farm pears, pink lady apples, Pluots, Pomegranate, shinko, Shinko Pears
Farm Focus: Asian Pear Plantings
We are slowly but surely building up our fall and winter fruit crops with the goal of providing more Frog Hollow fruit for our CSA year round. Last year, we were pleased to plant 5 varieties of mandarins and 2…
Farm Focus: The History of the Pear
We love our pears at Frog Hollow! Pears are one of the world’s oldest and most beloved fall fruits. Cultivation of most modern pear varieties began as early as the 17th century in Europe and Asia, while early pear records…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: America, Asian, Asian Pears, Comice, diversity, Europe, history, Pacific Northwest, pears, pioneers, savory, Seckel, sweet, Thomas Warren, varieties, warren pear
