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FruitGuy Noir in The Stone Fruit Spinning Wheel

My catfish Bicycle was 20 minutes into their workout on our new aqua treadmill when their hydrophone rang. “Blub, blub,” they mouthed in my direction, quickly transferring the call and motioning for me to pick up. I put a headset on over my Monday hockey helmet. “Yell-o,” I said casually. “Did you say “yellow?” A voice whispered tensely. “Yes,” I

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Curried Quinoa & Stone Fruit Salad

This recipe is great to make in advance for an easy work lunch. Prep (and keep separate) your quinoa and dressing the night before, then assemble with fruit and nuts at home or the office for a tasty, healthy meal! INGREDIENTS 1 cup quinoa, rinsed 2 cups water 2 apricots, chopped 2–4 peaches and/or nectarines, sliced ⅔ cup chopped mint 1

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2025 Summer Fruit Guide: What’s In Season Now?

How can I tell when my stone fruit is ripe?

Q: How can I tell when my stone fruit is ripe (or ready to eat)? A: To protect stone fruit during delivery, such as peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots, we send it to you on the slightly underripe side. Stone fruit continues to ripen after picking and should be stored at room temperature away from sunlight and heat until it gives softly to

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Ten Tasty Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the Peach

Peaches have been on my mind lately. They are my favorite fruit, and they grow bountifully and beautifully in the Capay Valley. Many of our farms here cultivate more than one variety, and I feel blessed to have the opportunity to try so many different varieties of this sweet, juicy, and perfect fruit. To celebrate National Peach Month, here are

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Profile: Olson Family Farms

Olson Family Farms in California’s Central Valley is truly a family affair. Five generations have lived on the farmstead and worked the land since John and Anna Olson emigrated from Sweden in 1888. They bought a 22-acre parcel in Kingsburg (Fresno County) and planted peach trees. Back then, before trucking and refrigeration, peaches were hand-sliced and sun-dried. The whole family

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Complete Guide to Stone Fruit

Everything you always wanted to know about stone fruit (but were afraid to ask) Here’s a primer on some of our favorite stone fruit, from peaches to nectarines to apricots, and plums, from peach-like fruit to plum-like fruit. Cling. Semi-cling. And Free-stone. Stone fruit that is woven into the pit is called “cling.” Fruit that has less fiber woven into

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Arctic Mist White Nectarine

Rainier White, White Caps, Dove, Linen, Bone, Blanco, Acoustic White, Eggshell, Sierra, Frost, Mist. It’s no longer simple to pick up a bucket of white paint. Arctic Mist nectarines are white fleshed and low-acid. This freestone is variegated red and green.

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Talking About The Weather

There’s a fast-paced, smart device game called “Fingerzilla” that lets you rain Godzilla-like destruction down upon virtual cityscapes and towns using only your finger. While being at the helm of such fiery chaos may make users feel invincible, the truth is that we are all at the mercy of the elements in ways we often forget. I am always reminded

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Faux Parfait

Recipe by Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS 2 white nectarines 1 basket strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, or a combination 1 half-pint whipping cream 4 tablespoons sugar 1 store-bought angel food cake, or other good white cake PREPARATION Slice the nectarines into a bowl and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes. Repeat this step with the berries in a separate

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Ripe On Time

We’re so organized it’s almost bewildering. All week long, we’ve been going down the checklist helping the kids get ready for camp. “Sleeping bags?” “Got it, Dad!” “Flashlight?” “Daaadd! I’ve got it!” All three of my kids are heading into the Sierras for two weeks. There will be songs, canoeing, archery—it brings back memories of my experience on the Chesapeake

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Balance the Beat

My daughters are in a rock band. One plays bass and the other drums. My 10-year old drummer has a problem with The Go-Go’s song “We Got The Beat.” “I keep losing my beat,” she says. “Have you looked in the root vegetable bin?” I chuckle. “Dad, not that kind of beet,” she says. “My beat! Look.” She drums on

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Tale of a Scientist Farmer

Ed Magee spends his days thinking about sunlight. When he isn’t working on his  38-acre orchard of white peaches and nectarines in Vernalis, California, he’s in a  lab studying the energy of electrons. This scientist-farmer’s day job aids NASA  researchers in determining the elemental mix of stars. Ed is a scientist through and through, and he takes a very measured

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Fruit & Veggie Magic

Fruito the Ripenificent was a world famous fruit magician. For years he had competed for top billing against Vern the Vegetastic until Vern suffered a fatal injury while trying to extricate himself from a giant zucchini flower into which he had been stuffed head first (top hat, tails, and all) before it was filled with 200 pounds of mozzarella and

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Riding the Peach Train

In the pantheon of great lyrical misunderstandings, I remember this: summer sunlight circa the mid-1970s and me dancing around our living room while singing at the top of my lungs to the “The Age of Aquarius” by The Fifth Dimension on my parents’ cabinet stereo system. Me (falsetto): “This is the dawning of the Age of Aquariums! Age of Aquariummmmms.

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As The Orchard Turns 2

[SCENE: In a box on the back of a farmer’s truck on the way to The FruitGuys.] NECTAR: To be or not to be! That is my question. Whether it is better to suffer the branches and soil of an orchard-lived life or travel and uncover the hidden mystery—that is the song of myself. NECTARINE: [Gives Nectar a sidelong glance.]

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Back to Suburban Nature

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 backward 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. Halfway into my

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Sweet as Nectar

We once spent a day driving through the Brentwood agriculture corridor hunting of the perfect nectarine. Brentwood is only a 90 minutes drive from San Francisco and is an ideal oasis near the California Delta. For decades, Brentwood has been known for its bountiful cropland and u-pick opportunities; and our fruit buyer, Dan Lemley, recently heard rumors of a particular

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