Category: Farmers Market Report

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 …

  Meyer Lemon Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: Meyer lemons easily differentiate themselves from the common lemon with their shape, fragrance, color and taste. They are ovate yet rounded. Their coloring is a deep brilliant yellow. Their smooth semi-thin peel is fragrant and oily. Their flesh is low acid, aromatic, floral and sweet.  THE FARMS:   …

Buddha’s Hand Grower: Rancho Del Sol Description: Buddha’s hand citron, AKA bushukan (Japanese) or fingered citron, produces deep lemon yellow fruits that vary in shape and size. The fruit splits at the opposite end of the tree’s stem forming segments that have a wild finger-like appearance, hence its given name. Its flesh is void of juice, …

Satsuma Tangerines Grower: Regier Family Farm Description: Easy-to-peel and rich orange to deep red, Satsuma tangerines, pronounced sat-SOO-ma, have a characteristic loose and often bumpy skin. A variety of the mandarin, the exotic Satsuma is quite aromatic and less acidic than other mandarins. – See more at: http://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Seedless_Satsuma_Tangerines_7314.php#sthash.Rum6hdcY.dpuf  THE FARMS:   Crows Pass – Temecula, CA …