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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Navel Oranges Olson Organics, Lindsay, 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 meaty…
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Fruit & News of the Week: April 17th
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apricots, bravocado, cherries, churchill orchard, fire blight, global warming, golden sweet, harvest, hass avocado, irrigation, linden, Lindsay, los angeles, mildew, Navel Orange, ojai, Olson Organics, pears, pink lady apple, pixie tangerine, premium citrus, rain, san diego, Sarah, smit farm, tango mandarins, tomatoes
Fruit & News of the Week: October 3rd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: 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 Pears…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, Asian pear, Blue Bottle, carbon foot print, chill, Coffee Grounds, compost spreader, dormant, drying, fall, flavor rich, harvest, hydrated, irrigating, leaves, Pear, Peet's, Pink Lady, Pluot, Pomegranate, rains, shadows, shinko, shinseiki, sun, warren, water, yellowing
Farm Focus: Olive Harvest Season is Approaching!
Olive harvest season is approaching and we are very happy to announce it looks like it is going to be our largest crop ever! During the 2015 season, we were able to press 800 gallons of oil from the harvest.…
Farm Focus: Mulberry Tree Update
On a golf cart ride through the orchard last week we stopped to see how our mulberry trees are doing. Last January we planted 150 trees. Since our cherry crop has been so light due to warmer winters, we’ve planted…
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: antioxidants, cherry crop, Fall Harvest Festival, harvest, health benefits, mulberries, Pakistani, Persian, phytonutrients, Trees, Vitamin C
Fruit & News of the Week: August 15th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Cal Red Peach 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 bred…
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: 3000 pounds, Apples, Asian Pears, August Red, autumn flame, basil, Cal Red, cold storage, conserve, crimson royale, cucumbers, dried fruit, eggplant, emerald beauts, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, freezing, garden, Grapes, gravensteins, harvest, heirlooms, hosui, ketchup, kitchen, nectarine, orchard, pallets, peach, Peppers, pesto, pink pearls, Pluot, pomegranate jelly, roasted, sandwich, sauce, shinko, shinseki, soup, squash, summerset, tomato conserva, tomatoes, varieties, zucchini
