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Here’s a preview of what regional farms will be harvesting in June, from The FruitGuys produce buyers. To see what’s being delivered this week, visit fruitguys.com/mix and choose your region. EAST Stone fruit, including cherries, pluots, plums, peaches, and nectarines, is coming! In mid to late June, expect red, white, and sour cherries from Kauffman’s [...]
Benton is a registered trademark name for a dark red cherry that ripens the same time as the Bing – “rounda ’bouta bing” you might say. It is a large, sweet cherry.
In the American cherry world everything comes after the Bing. And the wingman to the Bing is the Brooks – a headliner in its own right, a sweet early cherry.
Yeah! Cherries! A fruit so packed with taste and lore, in poems, paintings and punk rock songs- how we extol this fine little fruit. For many the first cherries are a sign of spring and renewal, even recalling childhood games. Pit spitting (hey – not in the office) and wearing the doubles as earrings. Robert [...]
Cherries are tasty and delicious but also a super food – researchers have found that cherries may help you sleep better, avoid jet lag, and possibly lessen the symptoms of arthritis and gout. The secret to their success? Melatonin, a hormone produced in the brain’s pineal gland that has been credited with slowing the aging [...]
By Gretchen Bay “The Prunus family is so wantonly profligate, dallying with any sibling, cousin, and even offspring that chances by, it is surprising they aren’t illegal in some states.” —Jack Straub, 75 Remarkable Fruits For Your Garden Yes, the Prunus, or stone fruit family, which includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and nectarines, has quite [...]
Recipe by Non-Reactive Pan, clarosouthwick.com/blog INGREDIENTS 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed 2 cups berries and cherries, stems and pits removed 2 tablespoons of sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon lemon juice PREPARATION Preheat oven to 400°F. In a bowl, mix sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice until sugar mostly dissolves; add berries/cherries, and stir [...]
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By Heidi Lewis The USDA classifies family farms as “any farm organized as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or family corporation.” But a cold definition is never the whole story, is it? Mick Klug grew up on his family’s farm. His parents established their 40-acre farm in the 1930s. The reason you often hear of farms [...]
By Chris Mittelstaedt It’s summer and I’m 12. We’ve been riding around the block for the last month on our banana-seat bikes. We are a motorcycle gang, with playing cards duct-taped to the back struts of our bike frames, clicking against the spokes menacingly, like souped-up game show prize-wheels letting anyone watering their yard know [...]
By Heidi Lewis How many people say “worth two in the bush!” when they enter the town limits of Bird-in-Hand in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania? We don’t know, but FruitGuys buyer Jessica says it when she heads to Bird-in-Hand to talk with Kauffman’s Fruit Farm about their summer fruit. Kauffman’s Fruit Farm was started in 1911 by Amos Kauffman [...]
Recipe from Delilah’s Farm INGREDIENTS 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, preferably white 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons honey 1 cup orange juice 1/2 cup cherries, pitted and cut in half 1/2 cup peaches in bite size chunks 1/2 cup [...]
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I have many favorite fruits but cherries hold a special place in my heart. Maybe it’s because their harvest period is relatively short; or maybe it’s because they just taste so good—whatever the reason, we’re now in the season of cherries. I have to admit that California’s cherry season has not been as good as [...]
Nessie, the six-month-old chocolate lab, tears through the house wanting nothing more than to lick the cat until it becomes her friend. A puffed up and spitting blur of fur trailed by a bottle brush tail screams past my feet wishing it were just a floating Cheshire smile as the dog slides around the corner to beat a path [...]
Oroville, CA – Oroville is a gold rush town in Butte County, CA. Oro means gold in Spanish, and during the Gold Rush prospectors stampeded over the area in a greedy frenzy. When Del Chaffin came to the area, he was looking for riches of a different kind—a valley where he could grow crops year-round. Del [...]
Cherry season is here. They are tasty and delicious but also a super food – researchers have found that cherries may help you sleep better, avoid jet lag, and possibly lessen the symptoms of arthritis and gout. The secret to their success? Melatonin, a hormone produced in the brain’s pineal gland that has been credited [...]
By Chris Mittelstaedt Wayne, PA, June 1981. It’s a hazy and humid gray-blue Saturday and the summer beetles are whistle-clicking as I push the riding mower backwards out from the garage. I’m in grasscutting gear—white shorts with green piping, tube socks pulled up to my knees, a blue Adidas T-shirt, mirrored sunglasses, and super-absorbent plush white-and-blue wristbands. [...]
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