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Growing Season Update Sept 18,2015


Almar Orchards is proud to present a beautiful selection of seasonal apples. This week they will be offering a variety of freshly picked organic flavors. Including the one you have all been waiting for, the Honey Crisp. Its sweetness, firmness, and mild tartness make it an ideal apple for eating raw! It has much larger cells than most apples, which BURST when bitten to fill the mouth with juice. The Honey Crisp also retains its colors well and boasts a relatively long shelf life when stored in cool, dry conditions. Other featured apples this week include the Gala, Paula Red, Nova Mac and McIntosh.Some of the varieties are available in large quantities for canning, baking and dehydrating ..or just eating like crazy!


They need two more weeks to cure before we can sell them

Wait and watch the weather, will we have frost, will the soil temperatures get too cold, is the season long enough to give us big potatoes (and some small ones)? Dale, from White Pine Farm, has already begun to dig the sweet potatoes…and they are looking good! After the sweet potatoes are harvested another two weeks of cure time is needed. This helps to toughen and dry out the skins so that they will last longer in storage. Rest assured, they will be worth the wait.