Author: Kelly Palermo

Romanesco Grower: Rutiz Farms Description: Green Romanesco cauliflower produces almost florescent lime-green heads with tightly-beaded pointed florets that resemble individual spiraling cauliflower castles. Crunchy and nutty, this unique cauliflower offers a sweeter and milder flavor than regular white cauliflower.    THE FARMS:   Coastal Organics- Carpinteria, CA Pink turnips White Turnips Radish- Black, Watermelon Nantes carrots …

Meiwa Kumquats Grower: Garcia Farms Description: Meiwa kumquats are distinguished by their more rounded versus oval shape and their level of sweetness. In fact they are often simply referred to as the sweet kumquat. Meiwa kumquats are entirely edible, rind, flesh and the occasional soft seeds. Meiwa kumquats have a thick, smooth oily peel with aromatic …

  Green Garlic Grower: Coleman Description: Green garlic are young, short-season garlic plants that are harvested before they begins to form mature bulbs or cloves. Green garlic range in height from 8-18″, producing thin, green stalks and small, cylindric to globular white bulbs. Green garlic has bright, piquant garlic flavor and a succulent firm texture.  THE …

Kishu Tangerines Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: The Kishu tangerine is petite, globular-shaped and roughly the size of a golf ball. Its thin, glossy leathery and fragrant skin is attached tightly to its fragmented flesh, though it is relatively easy to peel. Its flesh is seedless, juicy and candy sweet.  THE FARMS:   Crows Pass – …

Sugar Cane Sticks Grower: Kong Thao Description: The Purple Sugar Cane is botanically known as Saccharum officinarum and is classified as a perennial grass. This Sugar Cane variety is similar in appearance to bamboo, which is 1-2″ thick and has clearly divided segments with a reddish purple outer skin. The Purple Sugar Cane produces sucrose, which …

Kishu Tangerines Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: The Kishu tangerine is petite, globular-shaped and roughly the size of a golf ball. Its thin, glossy leathery and fragrant skin is attached tightly to its fragmented flesh, though it is relatively easy to peel. Its flesh is seedless, juicy and candy sweet.  THE FARMS:   Crows Pass – …

Bordeaux Spinach Grower: Crows Pass Description: Bordeaux spinach is a new variety of spinach that was developed by a Danish breeder. This spinach is recognizable by its leaves with have an arrow-like shape and deep green color. The Bordeaux spinach has burgundy red colored veins running through as well as stems. This spinach offers a sweet …

English Peas Grower: McGrath Family Farms Description: English Peas produce a large grass-green bulging pod that encases round and deliciously sweet and tender peas. The tough pods are not edible.  THE FARMS:   Crows Pass – Temecula, CA Spaghetti Squash Sunshine Kabocha Calcotta Onion Tahitian Squash Baby Chard Bordeaux Spinach Bloomsdale Spinach Rutiz – Arroyo Grande, …

  Calcots Onions Grower: Crows Pass Description: The Calcot onion is not a specific variety, but is rather produced by a traditional Spanish process. This process begins with the sweet Temecula Honey onion, a Valdivia variety, which is saved from the previous season and replanted in the late summer. Now, the plant is mounded and produces …