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Fruit and News of the Week: October 7th

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This Week’s Fruit Pomegranate Native to the regions of Persia and the Western Himalayan range, pomegran- ates have been cultivated for several millennia. When sliced open a beautiful array of jewel like seeds are displayed. The aril is the colorful

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Farm Focus: Blossom Walk 2013

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Week of October 10th, 2011

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In This Week’s Box [box_list] Warren Pears, Frog Hollow Farm, CA Taylor’s Gold Pears , Frog Hollow Farm , CA Fuji Apples, Watsonville, CA Honey Crisp Apples, Cuyama, CA Avocados, CA [/box_list] [print_this] Greetings, It’s that time of year! Time

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Week of May 22nd 2011

CSA Box filled with apricots, peaches, cherries, and a jar of peach conserve.

Gilroy and other areas known for cherries got heavy rain last week, damaging up to 50% of their fruit.

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Week of May 8th 2011

CSA Box with blueberries, strawberries, grapefruit, tangelos, tangerines, avocados and apples

Next week we’ll be picking the first stone fruit of 2011, a new variety of peach called “Super Z”.

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