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By Pia Hinckle on August 14, 2012
Lee Walker has kept growing Gravenstein apples through both the thick and the thin-skinned times of the apple business.
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By Jeff Main on August 9, 2012
By Jeff Main of Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop In August of 2012, we had the Peach Party, our midsummer thanksgiving to all the bounty that comes our way, year after year. …
By FruitGuys Staff on August 9, 2012
Recipe by The FruitGuys BASIC INGREDIENTS One bunch kale (stems removed), washed thoroughly and spun or patted dry Two tablespoons–1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil Juice of 1/2 lemon (or sub …
By FruitGuys Staff on August 2, 2012
Discovered in a Gala and Fuji orchard, assumed to be a cross of both of these celebrity apples. Sommerfeld apples are yellow with red striping. A California original. …
Round and red. A fine cultivar originating from Rome Township, Ohio prior to 1848. …
From Riverdog Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop July 2, 2012 Summer crops are beginning to fill the fields and coolers; pallets of beets and greens are sharing space with summer squash and …
By The FruitGuys on August 2, 2012
Yellow or green? Use fresh beans of either color in this basic recipe.
The York Apple is an heirloom apple from the Pennsylvania countryside where the turnpikes turn. Fruit Buyer Benn said, "Firm, crisp, and juicy. They look like a speckly Gala." …
Prominent in Japan, the Tsugaru apple is now popular here in America too. A beautiful red-shouldered over yellow. Similar to Golden Delicious, yet firmer. …
Originally hailing from Iowa in the late 19th century, Red Delicious is the quintessential apple. Although its earliest incarnation included red and yellow stripes, the modern-day version is crimson, …
This crisp, juicy apple originated in France in the 1500s and arrived in America in the 1700s. The Rambo apple is great eaten fresh as well as used in recipes. …
By The FruitGuys on July 23, 2012
This apple is sure to impress with its distinctively tangy sweetness and its beautiful pink blush.
By FruitGuys Staff on July 23, 2012
This new apple variety is a party all on its own. Not only does it have a palatal nasal "n" in its name, but it also has taste. Bred from the fragrant Cox Orange Pippin, the sweet Golden Delicious, …
By FruitGuys Staff on July 19, 2012
It looks like a Mac, it smells like a Mac, it tastes like a Mac - but it's a Paula. Discovered in a group of McIntosh apples by Lewis Arends in 1960. He named the new apple after his wife. …
The Mutsu hails from Northern Japan and is now grown in New York. Related to the Golden Delicious, this apple also goes by the name Crispin. …
B.B. King says, "Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher …
By The FruitGuys on July 19, 2012
This tart, juicy apple is perfect for pies!
Sweet and crunchy. For the foley, or sound effect artist, the crunch of these apples can simulate the sound of a crashing tree. …
By FruitGuys Staff on July 18, 2012
Grown in the 1970s from a single Gala cultigen (from the Latin cultus = cultivated, and gens = kind), a branch cutting, this is a pink-red dessert apple. …
This early-ripening variety is often the first fresh eating apple of the year. Ginger Gold apples originated from a chance seeding on a Virginia farm in the late 1960s. …
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