The Farmers Market Box

Tongue on Fire Shelling Beans Grower: McGrath Family Farm Description: Resembling Cranberry shelling beans, Tongue of Fire shelling beans have large, pale green pods with vibrant red streaks. Once shelled, the beans themselves are also strikingly colored, red speckled on a cream background. The color fades in the cooking process. Tongue of Fire beans are …

Sugar Queen Melon Grower: Weiser Farm Description: A type of Persian melon, the Sugar Queen is oblong-shaped with a netted skin. Very sweet and juicy orange-flesh melon with a great aroma! ……..<<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS:   **PLEASE NOTE DUE TO THE HOLIDAY ON WEDNESDAY, WE WILL NOT BE GOING TO THE SANTA …

Ogen Melon Grower: Weiser Farm Description: The Ogen melon is a productive heirloom variety, with marbled golden skin and lime green, indented stripes running from stem to blossom end. The pale green flesh is sticky sweet with aromatics of fruit and flora. Typical melons grow to softball size with weights of three to five pounds……..<<Read …

Baby Purple French Beans Grower: Coastal Organics Description: Sometimes red to a purplish black, the baby Purple French bean may have an attractive dark coppery tint. Offering a vegetable flavor with a just right hint of sweetness, its crisp texture is best lightly cooked. …….<<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS: Polito Farms – Escondido, …