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 …
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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 …
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Beauty, but friends call it "Beaut" for short, is an early smooth red plum with yellow flesh. Good plum to know on a first-name basis. …
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Plumcot is a hybrid of a plum and apricot invented by Luther Burbank. It is similar to pluot, except that the Plumcot is a half and half combination. …
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Tomcots are just a good old fashioned variety of apricots. Large, soft with an orange color and sweet taste. They’re not crossed with any other Toms. No Tom Thumb, Tom Cruise, or Tom’s of Maine. …
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Plumcot is a hybrid of a plum and apricot invented by Luther Burbank. Flavorella is golden with a slight blush. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Adapted from fromaliceskitchen.blogspot.com INGREDIENTS 2 sweet dumpling squash ¼ cup shelled pistachio nuts or toasted pecans, chopped ½–¾ cup sweet peppers, diced ⅓ cup onion or …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: berries, stone fruit
By Tanya Milosevich on
Courtesy of Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS Juice of one Valencia orange 3 tablespoons sugar 4-6 plums, cut in quarters and pitted Slices of baguette, toasted 1 1/2 cups fresh …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt When O’Henry peaches start to appear, I think of O. Henry—the turn-of-the-century American short story writer who wrote The Gift of the Magi, a story about a young married man …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: fall, stone fruit, summer
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Maybe you think I write too much about my kids. I kind of agree, but man, do they give me good material. Last week, for example, when I told them we would be getting pluots for this week’s cases, they …
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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 …
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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 …
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Adapted from foodnetwork.com INGREDIENTS 1 sugar cane, washed well and cut into 1/4-inch sticks, tapered to a point on each end to form skewers (leave the skin on—it helps strengthen the …
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Looking for a miracle food that helps you lose weight, feel full, lowers blood sugar and cholesterol levels, and keeps you regular? Fiber is the answer. Most of us know very little about fiber, beyond …
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Introducing Preservation Harvest—produce that makes a difference. Buying plums can help save a farm and make healthier land. West Coast customers, get a box of 25 refreshing Black Amber Plums from …
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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 …
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Look closely at your plum. Real close. See that? That's Luther Burbank's thumbprint. Luther was a botanist wizard at the turn of the century, a Midas of sorts whose more than 800 varieties of …
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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 …
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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 …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: nectarine, stone fruit, summer
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