ORGANIC Fuji Apple
In the 1930s the Fuji apple was bred in Japan. Grafted from Virginian royalty Rawls Jennet and Iowa's Red Delicious, it has become an extremely popular apple in Japan. About the size of a baseball (yakyu) this apple is sweet and delicious (umai). Viva Tierra

ORGANIC Ambrosia Apple
Food of the Gods. The Goddess of Strife Eris chucked a golden apple at Athena, Aphrodite and Hera (no schleps here) with the message "for the fairest." A fight breaks out like a foul ball in the stands at Shea. Zeus settles it by getting poor Paris to judge. The FruitGuys stay out of those kinda contests... Ambrosia, nice apple what do you think? Viva Tierra

ORGANIC Gala Apple
Sweet and mild. Somewhat thin skinned. Striped. Hails from New Zealand, from momma Golden and poppa Orange Delicious. Viva Tierra

ORGANIC Green Bartlett Pear
Is your mind is wandering at work, do you find you are chewing on your pencil? Well - stop that! Grab a pear instead. Pears have 4 grams of fiber and Vit C and Potassium to boot. Bartletts are a wonderful variety warm and tasty. Columbia Gorge

ORGANIC Starkrimson Pear
An aromatic bartlett-like pear also known as Early Red for ripening while it is still technically summer. Unmistakable crimson - the color of kings and colleges and primary on Michelangelo's palette. Columbia Gorge

ORGANIC REGIONAL Passion Fruit              
These passion fruits come from John at White Dove Farm in Santa Paula and he is passionate about this fruit. John personally hand-snips these fruits for us from vines he has cultivated in his old lemon orchard. When ripe, it has a fragrant odor and sweet-tart taste. It makes a delicious treat when scooped out of its skin with a spoon. The seeds are edible but it is recommended that you don’t chew them; sometimes the crunch turns people off. You can tell a ripe passion fruit when it begins to wrinkle. We recommend you give these a few days to “wrinkle-up” for best taste. White Dove Farm, Santa Paula, CA     

ORGANIC REGIONAL Fuyu Persimmon
Does the smell of fall put you back in elementary school? Cornucopia decorations, Thanksgiving pageants, paper hand-shape turkeys. Open your text to American History-Jamestown: Captain John Smith "These Putchamis would be a great export crop - but whoa are they tart!" Pocahantas looks up from her work: "John, that's because they are an astringent variety Hachiya, and are best after the first frost. The FruitGuys are sending Fuyu non-astringent Persimmons this week, and they can be eaten just like an apple. Persimmons are high in Vit C & A and the 5-a-Day fruit of the month." Gabriel Farm, Sebastopol, CA

ORGANIC Green Kiwi
What fruit has the vitamin C of an orange, the potassium of half a banana, and the fiber of a half-cup of bran flakes? Hint: spelled backwards it is IWIK. This week's are from California.

ORGANIC REGIONAL Valencia Orange
In 1841 people thought William Wilfskill was plum crazy when he planted a Valencia orange tree, but Will was a ranchero who knew his agronomy. The Valencia is the King of Juice Oranges and a fine slicer. The Valencia "re-greens" as it ripens on the tree, green near the stem is normal. Eco-Farm, CA

ORGANIC Bananas
Did you know that Bananas are really a giant herb? The "trunk" of this perennial plant is formed of woven and twisted outer leaves from which emerges a stalk. It takes 10-15 months for the bananas to develop. Our philosophy on ripening is that we want to bring fruit to you that is at the beginning of the "breaking point" of ripeness. Banana ripening is an art and is divided into 6 color stages. The FruitGuys perfect banana is a stage 5 -- yellow with green tips. At this stage the banana will be sweet and firm. People have different tastes and we try to provide clients with the widest choice of ripening range.

Enjoy and be fruitful!

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