Summer is flying by faster than a fish on a unicycle and that can only mean one thing: PLUMS. Plums are now joining the parade of stone fruit that began back in June with cherries and apricots, and …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Summer is flying by faster than a fish on a unicycle and that can only mean one thing: PLUMS. Plums are now joining the parade of stone fruit that began back in June with cherries and apricots, and …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: stone fruit, summer fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I hope everyone enjoyed a fun and safe July 4th holiday. We gathered with family and friends and ate our way through half a case of apricots my wife had ordered through our buying department. The …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: fruit mixes, seasonal fruit, stone fruit, summer fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
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 …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: fruitguy noir, nectarine, stone fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
At this time of year, varieties of peaches begin to come in and out of harvest almost weekly, evolving from June tartness to the cinnamony-sweet notes of late August. As I track the progression of …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: stone fruit, summer fruit
By Pia Hinckle on
Do you remember biting into the first ripe peach of summer? The perfume of the fruit and the feeling of the fuzz in your hand? Summer for many of us is tied to the memory of a perfect piece of fruit. …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: berries, stone fruit, summer fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
If Cling and Freestone sounds like a 1970s folk group gone electric, you’re not quite wrong. Stone fruit season has begun and it makes me want to do a head-banging pan flute solo. It’s never too late …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: Banana, ripening fruit, stone fruit, summer fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Long ago I wondered why slot machines used cherries as the winning images for hitting the jackpot. It didn’t make sense to me. Maybe a dollar sign, or a star, but cherries? It seemed odd. Yet a …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: California, stone fruit, summer fruit
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Scene: Pliny the Elder’s open atrium podcast studio in Misenum, Bay of Naples, August 24th, 79 CE Pliny E: Welcome listeners & toga wearers. This is again, Gaius Plinius Secundus coming to you …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: stone fruit, summer fruit
By Heidi Lewis on
A fashion edict of the 20th century was “only wear white between Easter and Labor Day.” Wearing white flapper dresses, knickerbockers, and shoes in summer has its practical purposes, and eating white …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips, FruitGuys News Tagged With: stone fruit, summer
By Shannan Slevin on
Frecon Farms, in southeastern Pennsylvania, is as rich in history and community as it is in apples and stone fruits. Founded in 1944 by Richard S. Frecon and his wife, Martha, the orchard started as …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: apple, family farm, stone fruit, sustainability
By Miriam Wolf on
In June, we must eat stone fruit. Stone fruits are those fruits that consist of flesh surrounding a single hard pit. They include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries, and even mangoes. …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips, FruitGuys News Tagged With: dessert, stone fruit, summer
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I have been given a copy of Robert Palter’s The Duchess of Malfi’s Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits. It’s a great reference book if you like those moments of clarity when writers unravel the human …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: spring, stone fruit, summer
By Tanya Milosevich on
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, …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: nectarine, stone fruit
By Pia Hinckle on
Cherries are finicky trees. They don’t like it when it gets too hot, when there’s not enough rain, and when it doesn’t stay cold enough during the winter. For the last few winters, California’s …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Profiles Tagged With: Agriculture, California, drought, stone fruit
By The FruitGuys on
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 …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips, FruitGuys News Tagged With: nectarine, stone fruit
By Seth Wright on
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 …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Profiles Tagged With: California, nectarine, stone fruit
By Heidi Lewis on
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. …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Profiles Tagged With: California, nectarine, organic farming, organic fruit, stone fruit
By Rebecca Dienner on
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 2 peaches, ripe (fragrant) but not too soft 2 cups sweet white or dessert wine 1/4 cup maple syrup, agave, or sugar (see Cook’s …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: stone fruit, summer
By FruitGuys Staff on
Pucker up! Traditionally reserved for pie bakers and jam makers, Sour Cherries give their fresh tart-sweet burst of flavor a try before you cook "em up. Nutrient-rich sour cherries have even more …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips, FruitGuys News Tagged With: stone fruit
By The FruitGuys on
The Dapple Dandy Pluot is a sweet plum-apricot flavored pluot with beautifully dappled skin. These pluots contain fiber and complex sugars for sustained energy, and the taste is fantastic. …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips, FruitGuys News Tagged With: pluot, stone fruit, summer
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