Our early peach varieties are finished. There is a little break in our peach harvest. By the end of June we will be harvesting middle season peaches: Flavorcrest, Red Haven, and Regina. We hope to have white peaches after the fourth of July.
Meanwhile Santa Rosa plums are starting to ripen. With them come a delicious fragrance in our fruit stand on harvest days. Santa Rosas have tartness in their skin that is overwhelmed by its flavor, fragrance and sweetness. There is a reason this one of the most popular heirloom varieties. These red plums start off with amber flesh, and as they mature the skin turns dark purple and the flesh becomes redder, all the while developing more juicy flavor and sweetness.
Now and then we will have the breba crop of figs. This is a small early crop of figs. Both the black mission and brown turkey varieties are coming into the farm stand. If you miss out on these early figs, they will be back at the end of July for their second crop of the summer.
This is a good year for apricots on our orchard. There is both Royal Blenheim and Patterson apricots. Both are good for eating, baking and making jam.
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Peaches are great!
Here is what we have at the Farm Stand from Otow Orchard:
🍑 Peaches: Flavorcrest, Red Haven, Regina. These are yellow freestone peaches.
Apricots: Royal Blenheim apricots are an heirloom variety known for their great sweet tart flavor. Patterson apricots have a delicate sweet flavor and hold their color and shape when cooking.
Santa Rosa plums: These plums are known for their amazing flavor and fragrance. They are sweet tart and as the season goes on they become red fleshed, juicy and sweet
Hoshigaki: Tender and moist dried persimmons with naturally formed dusting of fruit sugars on the surface. These were hand massaged and dried slowly for 4 to 8 weeks.
Loquat: These small orange fruit are sweet with peach-like texture.
Eureka Lemons: deep yellow skin and tart juicy flesh. 🍋 Best lemons to bring out the brightness desired in lemonade and lemon meringue pie.
Valencia Oranges: Juicing oranges, also good for just peeling and eating.
Vegetables: Asian cucumbers, Summer squash.
Honey 🍯 from bees 🐝 at Otow Orchard.
Bee pollen from bees 🐝 at Otow Orchard
⚘ Calendula Salve and Lip Balm
Here is what we have from other producers:
WoodRose Country Garden in Granite Bay: 🥗 zucchini, crookneck squash, cabbage, Anaheim chiles, tomatoes 🍅, cucumbers, beans, eggplant, potatoes, white onions, basil, 🌿rosemary, Greek oregano, and thyme. She will be adding more to her offerings this summer.
Sunnyslope Farm: Yellow freestone Flavorcrest peaches
Top O' the Hill Apiary in Granite Bay: Comb honey
can be used in tea, coffee, yogurt, oatmeal, ice cream, fruit salads
and on toast or bagels. Top of the Hill Apiary also has Bees wax 🐝, and Honey.
Nastase Honey Farm in Lincoln: This Honey 🍯 is unfiltered and raw.
Two Feather Farm in Granite Bay: 🐔🥚 Eggs. Egg production is slowing down. The hens think it is getting too warm. 🌞
Jams 🍑 from the Good Stuff. We currently have Peach Cardamon, Chili Apricot, Pepper Pomegranate, Fig Orange Brandy, and Chili Blackberry.
