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Aprium Grower: Fitzgerald Farms Description:Apriums are picked in early May and are only available for a couple of weeks. This fruit’s availability varies each year. ………<<Read more about this item>> THE FARMS: Polito Farms – Escondido, CA Oro Blanco Grapefruit Clementines Primavera Tangerines Toms Terrific Tangerines Sweet Lemon (Lima Dulce) Rutiz – Arroyo Grande, CA …

Golden Raspberies Grower: Pudwill Farms Description: Actually a milder flavored version of the red raspberry, the plump golden raspberry offers somewhat of a creamy flavor that some describe as a blend of a banana, an apricot and a raspberry. These little eye-catching berries are deep yellow when immature and develop a rich amber gold color …

Sanguinelli Blood Orange Grower: JJ Lone Daughter’s Ranch Description: Sanguinelli blood oranges are roughly rounded in shape with a semi-thin, smooth red-blushed peel that clings to its juicy and sweet, segmented flesh. The flesh is stained with a brilliant and consistent dark bing cherry color and though its flavor supreme, as with most blood orange …

Lambs Quarter Grower: Coastal Organics Description: Not as sweet nor as juicy as common spinach, wild spinach, also know as lamb’s quarter, offers an even greener, earthier, mineral flavor. Some describe the taste of young, wild spinach as reminiscent to asparagus. Producing triangular velvety-textured leaves, the entire plant, including the stems, is edible. Small black …

Fava Tendrils Grower: McGrath Description: Fava tendrils are the thread, leaflet and blossom of the fava bean plant. They have the flavor of fava beans with the grassy sweetness of the plant’s foliage. They are overlooked and underused as a culinary commodity, but their sweet unique flavor and appearance should revere them otherwise. ………<<Read more …