seasonal fruit

Pomegranate Season Is Here! Check Out This Year’s Harvest

By Erin Mittelstaedt on October 16, 2024

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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Fall Fruit Guide 2024

By The FruitGuys on September 20, 2024

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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The ‘Why’ Behind The FruitGuys’ 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

By Erin Mittelstaedt on August 28, 2024

Sit back and relax, because it's time for a little FruitGuys fairytale. 'The Princess and the Pomme' There once was a princess who lived in a tall, tall castle on the Isle of Man-hat-tan. Every day, …

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August Apples in Season From West to East

By Erin Mittelstaedt on August 14, 2024

I hope you’ve enjoyed these last few months of peaches, nectarines, and plums because their summer season is starting to wind down. We’re still seeing lovely stone fruit for the moment, but August …

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Upgrade Your Fruit Mix to Get the Widest Variety of Summer Fruit

By The FruitGuys on May 30, 2024

Summer is the perfect time to upgrade your fruit mix! With the right mix, your team will get to taste all of the fantastic peaches, nectarines, plums, berries, grapes, and other fruits in season …

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2024 Spring Fruit Guide

By The FruitGuys on March 28, 2024

The spring equinox is behind us, which means we’ve officially entered “transition season.” In the fruit business, that’s what we call the period when warm rain drizzles down and spring flowers start …

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Take a Bite on the Wild Side With These Unique & Rare Fruits

By Lex Flamm on February 15, 2024

Looking for something new for your team or students to taste as we head toward early spring? There's a whole world of unique and rare fruits out there, just waiting for you to take a bite! They’re …

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FruitGuy Noir in The Sugar Crash

By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 12, 2023

I got the call around 2 p.m. They said a candy sugar crash had hit their place of work. This can be a tough town, I told them. There is always a clear plastic bowl filled with miniature chocolates in …

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Fall Pears You Should Taste

By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 5, 2023

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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Does Back-to-School mean Summer is Over?

By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 8, 2023

I wasn’t a great Latin student, but I lived by the motto coined by my high school Latin Club members – semper ubi sub-ubi, “Always wear underwear.” (Ubi means “where,” but you get the idea, this was …

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The Joys of Summer Fruit

By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 1, 2023

Summer for many of us is tied to the memory of a perfect piece of fruit. The tartness of that just-picked blackberry; the smell of a peach so sweet you salivate in anticipation of biting into …

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How to Can Perfect Pears

By Pia Hinckle on August 11, 2015

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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The Season of Cherries

By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 14, 2010

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 …

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