We're in the final 10 countdown for this CSA season! Only 9 weeks left... Don't worry we'll let you know as soon as we set up registration for next season.
A couple notes about products this week:
Seckel Pears (pictured above)- We have a number of Seckel pear trees and the fruit is incredibly delicious. Little sugar lumps that taste as sweet as canned pears when ripe without being soaked in sugar syrup. That said they are extremely susceptible to pear scab (a fungus). We haven't managed to spray (with organic sprays ofcourse ;) ) the past few years and sadly the fruit is pretty ugly. We are going to pick you all the best and prettiest, but it will have surface damage. It's harmless, just ugly and may need to be peeled off.
NEW! Elstar Apples: This apple can be slightly russeted (has skin that can be rough in spots like a pear or russet potato). It's creamy white flesh has a balanced sweet/tart flavor with honey undertones and a mild acidity. Good for cooking. Makes a great applesauce. Flavor gets better after a few weeks in the fridge, so don't worry if you don't want to eat them right away.
Alkemene-Floral, lively, honeyed, mutation of Cox's Orange Pippin from Germany. Sooo sweet, but nice tartness as well. One of Mike's (my husband) favorite apples.
Arlet- Golden delicious & Idared cross. Intense complex flavor, sweet, spicy undertone. Aromatic, good for cooking
Chehalis- Hailing from Washington state, lovely green-yellow skinned apple. Crisp, sweet, juicy. Great fresh eating apple
Fiesta-Sometimes marketed as a "Red Pippin", this apple is often described as nutty and aromatic. Great dessert apple, good for juice and hard cider. Can often have a slight russeting (rough skin like a russet potato). Yellow skin with orange to red striping. Good keeper.
Molly's Delicious- red delicious parentage, sweet over tart, juicy & crisp. fabulous for eating out of hand.
