Peaches & Plums

The fruit stand is full of many varieties of peaches, plums and vegetables.

White Peaches--Silver Logan, Babcock, Nectar
Yellow Peaches--Suncrest, Flavorcrest and Gene Alberta

Plums--Black Amber, Frontier, Santa Rosa

Other Fruit--Dapple Dandy pluots, blackberries, melons and grapes

Vegetables--

• cucumbers (Japanese & lemon)
• eggplant (small Japanese & larger Rosa Bianca)
• summer squash (green, yellow, scallopini, cocozelle)
• tomatoes (slicing & cherry)
• garlic (specialty hardneck and softneck)

Babcock Peaches

Dapple Dandy Pluots

Frontier Plums

Black Amber Plums

Nectarines

We now have nectarines in the fruit stand. We have independence and Flavorcrest varieties and hope to have a few other yellow and white varieties in the next few weeks.

Tomatoes

Finally we have enough tomatoes so we don't have to limit the number we can let people buy at one time. We have lots more getting ready in the gardens, too.

Peach Season is Here

We've been harvesting lots of ripe sweet peaches lately and have lots available in the fruit stand.

Right now for yellow peaches we have Flavorcrest, Red Haven and Regina varieties. Later this month we'll have Kim Elberta, Gene Elberta and Suncrest. We have Nectar white peaches for sale now and expect Babcock, Sugar Lady and Silver Logan in the next few weeks. Prices are $2-3.00 per pound.

Also in the fruit stand--
Plums-Santa Rosa (tree-ripened and very flavorful) and Satsuma-(red-fleshed)
Fresh Figs, Apricots, Grapefruit
Garden Vegetables-including summer squash, cucumbers, eggplant, string beans, Swiss chard & basil

Look at our harvest schedule on the orchard website for more details: http://www.otoworchard.com/calendar.html

Hazards of Farming--Smoky air from forest fires

Tosh with his respirator by the fruit stand on the afternoon of June 26th.

Notice how the hills in the background to the south are barely visible because of the smoke. Today was also smoky enough to need to wear a respirator to work outside, but not quite as bad as when this photo was taken.

Figs

We now have a small amount of fresh figs for sale at the fruit stand. They're sweet, delicious and also high in vitamins and fiber. Toshio likes to freeze them and then eat them like popsicles.

Sunflower bouquet

If you are lucky, you will be able to see a bouquet of flowers that Helen has arranged at the farm stand. Currently we are showcasing sunflowers.

What's available this week: Flavorcrest peaches, Santa Rosa plums, Jade white nectarines, apricots, grapefruit, green and yellow squash, Swiss chard, French filet beans, Kentucky Wonder green beans, Armenian and Asian cucumbers, Lemon cucumbers, and honey from Newcastle.

Summer Squash and Beans

Helen, Chris and Chrisy's gardens are all beginning to produce the crop for 2008. We have Black Beauty and Cocozella (striped) green zucchinis. The ever popular yellow Zucchini as well as Scallopini and crook neck squash have begun to make their appearance in the Fruit Stand. Yellow Wax Beans as well as Emerite, a French fillet bean are now producing. In about 10 days to two weeks I hope to be harvesting burpless cucumber, Asian eggplants, and Kentucky Wonder Beans.


On the topic of tomatoes. I predict tomatoes will show up in the fruit stand in about 3 to 4 weeks.
We hope you ha ve time to come by the orchard to see our gardens.
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