Month: August 2013

Grower: Warren Pears Description: The Warren pear is the perfectly crafted composition of its parentage. Its appearance, though less than perfect (its skin slightly scarred by nature) is quintessential: bulbous, yet bell-shaped, sun-kissed with tones of earth, sun and clay and dotted with bronze freckles hinting at the fruit’s ripeness. Each visual element is simply a …

Baby Corn Grower: McGrath Description: Typically available in white and yellow, considerably cute baby corn usually measures about three to four inches in length. Eaten whole, this unique darling tiny corn has a much milder flavor than mature corn. Baby corn is merely immature sweet corn.     THE FARMS:   Frog Hollow Farms Emerald Beaut Pluots …

Valencia Pride Mango Grower: Wong Farm Description: Valencia Pride mangos have an unrivaled sweet, aromatic and floral flavor. The outer skin of the mango is a canary yellow with a pinkish blush. Valencia Pride’s inner flesh is firm and fiberless.     THE FARMS:   Frog Hollow Farms Flavor Rich Pluots Flavor Heart Pluots August Fire …

Indian Blood Peach Grower: Penryn Orchard Description: Indian peaches are distinguished by dark red flesh, their fairly large size and their velvety thin skin with mottled layers of red tones throughout. Their tender firm flesh is marbleized with ruby and crimson red streaks from the skin to the fruit’s stone. Indian peaches’ high acid content contributes …

Peacotum Grower: Fitzgerald Farms Description: The Peacotum Stonefruit is a hybrid of a plum, apricot, and yellow peach. It has a golden yellow and dark pink blushed skin with a slight fuzz, like a peach. The flesh of the Peacotum is the color of a yellow peach but the consistency of a plum. The flavor is …