HARVEST INFORMATION

Specialty Fruit

Our featured fruit this month is Pineapple grown in Costa Rica.

Pears

We are shipping Royal Riviera® Pears grown in our southern Oregon orchards and d’Anjou pears grown in Washington. Our Royal Verano pears will be packed using Comice pears grown in Chile.

Apples

Our apple varieties this month are Envy, Cosmic Crisp, and Ambrosia grown in Washington and Michigan.

Citrus

During April and May we will be shipping navel oranges and Gold Nugget mandarin oranges grown in California.

Specialty Vegetables

Our featured vegetable this month is Chinese eggplant grown in California. Chinese eggplant is longer and thinner than the globe eggplant typically seen in American markets. It has fewer seeds, resulting in a slightly sweeter taste. They are ideal for stir-frying, sauteing, and grilling. We will also ship avocados grown in Mexico and green tomatoes grown in California.

NOW HAPPENING IN THE ORCHARDS

It’s an exciting time in the orchards. With a warm March, our peach trees have all bloomed and the pear trees will bloom throughout April. Our agriculturists are busy thinning blooms and fruit to ensure better, bigger fruit later. The bees from our many hives are busy pollinating and now we will wait for fruit set. Our orchard “frost team” is on high alert to mitigate damage from any late cold spells.