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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…
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Fruit & News of the Week: October 30, 2017
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Apples, Bay Area CSA, bay area organic farm, byron, east bay, fruit csa, organic almonds, organic farm, pears, persimmons, pomagranate
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: Olive Monitoring
The olives are plumping up and we are busy in the orchard doing our annual inspection of the trees for the dreaded Bactrocera oleae, commonly known as the olive fruit fly. The olive fruit fly is the most economically significant…
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Fruit of the week: August 28th 2017
Fruit of the Week: Cal Red Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Asian pear, August, Bay Area CSA, bay area delivery, end of summer, Organic Farming, Organic fruit, peaches, Pluots, summer, sustainable farm
Fruit & News of the Week: August 21, 2017
This week’s fruit: Cal Red Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was…
