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This Week’s Fruit: Santa Rosa Plums Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Santa Rose plums are famous for their beautiful dark skin, yellow flesh and are delicious eaten fresh or canned. This variety was developed by Luther Burbank in, you guessed…
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Fruit & News of the Week: June 19 2017
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Farm Focus: Meet Estaban Martinez from JW Farm!
When I asked Estaban how long he’d been farming, his reply was “all my life”. His father came to the US from Jalisco, Mexico. In Mexico his father worked for Riverside Farm which grew produce for import to the United…
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Fruit & News of the Week: December 19th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Navel Oranges Twin Girls Farm, Yettem, CA California 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…
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