Did you know that until the 17th century, the word “apple” was a catch-all term for every kind of fruit except for berries? A pear was an apple, an orange was an apple—even nuts were called apples! …
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Did you know that until the 17th century, the word “apple” was a catch-all term for every kind of fruit except for berries? A pear was an apple, an orange was an apple—even nuts were called apples! …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: California, fall fruit, fresh fruit, Pennsylvania
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
At first, I’m not quite sure what I’m looking at. It’s 2010, and I’m in Lodi, California, standing on a dirt path. A wire trellis runs along the path with a plant climbing about halfway up. The …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana, Fruit Tips Tagged With: California, fall fruit, seasonal fruit, winter fruit
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
I absolutely love Asian pears. They come in dozens of varieties, like Hosui and Shinseiki to name a few. Some have thin yellow or yellow-green skin, some have thicker golden skin. Some are small and …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: California, fall fruit, family farm, Pennsylvania, small farms
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Don’t tell summer we said so, but autumn just might be our favorite fruit season. As the days get cooler and the nights grow longer, our regional farm partners start delivering an abundance of fresh …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: fall fruit, fresh fruit, seasonal fruit
By Lex Flamm on
Every spring, the AsaJu Asian pear trees in Subarashii Kudamono’s orchards release a shower of delicate white petals. The falling flowers reveal tiny pears the size of marbles—and that’s when the real …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: fall fruit, family farm, farmer of the month, Pennsylvania
By Lex Flamm on
Kauffman Orchards in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, turns out super-sweet Saturn donut peaches, glossy Ruby Queen plums, and crisp Ginger Gold apples every year. But Orchard Manager Clair Kauffman is a …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: fall fruit, family farm, Pennsylvania, small farms, summer fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
We love pears not only for their form, but also for their function—buttery as a fine chardonnay, subtly perfumed, and meltingly tender, a perfectly ripe pear can be a sublime eating …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: fall fruit, pear, ripening fruit, seasonal fruit
By The FruitGuys on
What's the best table grape you’ve ever eaten? We think it will be replaced by the organic Bronx seedless table grape from Lagier Ranches in Escalon, CA. These tiny globes of pleasure have been …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: fall fruit, grapes, New York
By Pia Hinckle on
SANTA ROSA, CA—Marie Seppa knows her way around a canner. A spry 92-year-old with bright blue eyes, Marie has been canning since she was a child growing up on a farm in Eastern Oregon in the 1920s. …
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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: fall fruit, fresh fruit, seasonal fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Time for this year’s installment of that Fall classic: “As The World Tilts” (SCENE: FADE IN - A FruitGuys crate sits on an office kitchen counter; orange-bristly sunlight streams in through the …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: apple, fall fruit, pear
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