{"id":4844,"date":"2023-09-23T20:23:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T00:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/harvest-headline-september"},"modified":"2023-09-23T20:23:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T00:23:31","slug":"harvest-headline-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/harvest-headline-september","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Headline – September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harvest Headline – September<\/span><\/p>\n

debram<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wed, 08\/30\/2023 – 18:10<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apples are some of the first fall fruits to arrive for the season \u2013 with some varieties arriving as early as August.\u00a0However, farmers\u00a0say that\u00a0the wet winter has delayed, their harvests, so we can expect them to begin harvesting\u00a0a bit later than last year.\u00a0But that\u00a0doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t\u00a0start getting excited\u00a0about the tempting aroma of baked apples or apple pie!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are so many varieties of apples to choose from at your farmers\u2019 market \u2013, many more than\u00a0you\u2019ll find at\u00a0any grocery store.\u00a0And\u00a0with many farmers\u00a0returning to growing\u00a0traditional heirloom varieties\u00a0you\u2019ll discover they have better flavor than the hybrids\u00a0we\u2019re used to. The\u00a0Gravenstein, Arkansas Black, and Pink Lady are just a few of the old varieties that farmers have returned to growing,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are apples best for baking,\u00a0apples that are best for applesauce, and many that are best for eating out of hand.\u00a0Sotalk with your local farmer to find the perfect\u00a0match\u00a0for your\u00a0cooking and eating\u00a0needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sylvia Prevedelli of Prevedelli Farms in Watsonville grows some very interesting and delicious apples. They\u2019ve been growing apples since the 1930s and have expanded their repertoire to 36 varieties, including Jewel, Black Twig, Aztec Fuji, Cameo, and others, all with different flavor and texture profiles, and all delicious. They\u2019ve been certified organic for many years.<\/p>\n

This year, Sylvia says, \u201cOur trees are filled with apples this year, thanks to all the rain last winter. It caused some minor flooding, but not enough to damage the orchards. The apples are being harvested a little later than last year and the quality is really good. First come the Gravensteins at the end of the month and then some of our favorite Crimson Crisp and Cameo apples.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another apple farmer, Rainbow Orchards, grows apples\u00a0at an elevation of\u00a03,400 feet, in the hills of Camino.\u00a0<\/span>They grow heirloom varieties like\u00a0Braeburn, Pippin, Fuji, Honey Crisp, Arkansas Black, and hybrids.\u00a0Beginning in September,\u00a0they\u2019ll have\u00a0Gala, Red Delicious & Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jonathon, and Macintosh Apples.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Farmer West Betty of Rainbow Orchards says,\u00a0“This year is going to be a huge crop, but\u00a0we\u2019re behind by about a month.\u00a0They\u2019ll be arriving mid to late September. Gala and Johnathan will be\u00a0the first we bring to\u00a0market.\u00a0Typically, our Jonathan apples don’t make it to the farmers’ market, but we’re having such a large crop we will be sending some this year.” The harvest is later than usual because of the wet winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inzana Ranch in Hughson, has been growing a variety of tree fruit and nuts on their 190-acre ranch since 1985 and\u00a0is\u00a0certified organic. Their crops this year have been bountiful, to put it mildly. The apples are being harvested a little late as well, with many varieties coming in soon. They grow over 30 apple varieties and look forward to bringing you some delicious apples this month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many other apple farmers\u00a0you\u2019ll see at PCFMA farmers\u2019 markets this season. Stop by and say hello, ask them what varieties would be best for your needs \u2013\u00a0or just try some of each! You\u00a0won\u2019t find many of these varieties at your grocery store!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harvest Headline – September debram Wed, 08\/30\/2023 – 18:10 Apples are some of the first fall fruits to arrive for the season \u2013 with some varieties arriving as early as August.\u00a0However, farmers\u00a0say that\u00a0the wet winter has delayed, their harvests, so we can expect them to begin harvesting\u00a0a bit later than last year.\u00a0But that\u00a0doesn\u2019t mean we… Read More »Harvest Headline – September<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themasterartisanlife.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}