Gravenstein

Save an Apple and Help a Farmer

By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 15, 2023

I wrote a couple weeks ago about how much I love Gravenstein apple season– and now it’s here! We will be making deliveries the weeks of August 21 and 28. You can experience this endangered heritage …

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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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Gravenstein Apples Are Coming!

By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 18, 2023

Gravenstein apple season is one of my favorite times of the year. The harvest of this endangered Northern California heirloom apple is very short -- only 2-3 weeks in August -- and heralds the …

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The Best Gravenstein Apple Pie Recipe

By Pia Hinckle on July 26, 2020

Each August, Sebastopol holds its annual Gravenstein Apple Fair to celebrate the county's treasured heirloom apple. The 2020 fair has been cancelled due to the Corona-19 crisis, however we can still …

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The FruitGuys featured in the New York Times

By FruitGuys Staff on August 7, 2013

The FruitGuys Gravenstein Apple Box was featured in the New York Times Dining & Wine Section on August 8, 2013. Gravensteins: They Make a Dessert That Much Sweeter …

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Save The Gravenstein

By FruitGuys Staff on July 29, 2013

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” —Martin Luther (1483–1546, a German monk and church reformer) In a world awash with Red Delicious …

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Apple Russeting

By Julie Collins on November 7, 2012

Shakespeare and his contemporaries called these gems “leather-coats.” The Victorians prized them for their look, texture, and taste, and often depicted them in works of art. And lucky for us, russeted …

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Ode to a Grav Grower

By Pia Hinckle on August 14, 2012

Lee Walker has been farming with his family in their Graton, CA, apple orchard his whole life, except for a tour in the army and a few years playing pro baseball. Lee has kept growing Gravenstein …

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The Grav-ity of Change

By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 14, 2011

Change has come slowly but steadily to the foods we’ve eaten over the last 70 years. While there has been no acute onset to clearly demonstrate the difference between the food of today and yesterday, …

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Great Gravenstein! This Heirloom Apple has a Story to Tell

By FruitGuys Staff on August 13, 2011

Joe has his hands in his pockets, rocking heel to toe gazing into a crate of Gravenstein apples. Barbara Walker, who operates the Walker Apples’ booth, listens to Joe with full attention whilst her …

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Gravenstein Apple

By The FruitGuys on November 21, 2009

The Gravenstein apple is the vanguard of California's apple season and the hallmark crop of Sebastopol in Sonoma County, CA. Every year, Sebastopol throws this tart-sweet, old-fashioned apple two …

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Award-Winning Gravenstein Apple Pie

By The FruitGuys on October 27, 2009

Here's a recipe for a prize-winning homemade apple pie! Sebastopol Area Chamber of Commerce Apple Pie Baking Contest 2008 Grand Champion Kayleigh Stump's Apple Pie Recipe INGREDIENTS Crust …

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