Come on down!  We're bringing Fuji and Staymen to market and we're coming down on the price of all 16 varieties of apples and two varieties of pearsat all of our markets starting this week.  As always, you can fill a crate of apples (and pears) for $20, an absurd bargain!  It's fall - time to take advantage of the peak of apple season!  Cider is peaking now too as a little of all our varieties are joining in on the fun!  All this and more in this week's market update!

 Schedule

• Saturday - Harbor East Farmers Market 8am-12noon
  
• Sunday - Headhouse Farmers Market 10am-2pm
  
• Sunday - Greenbelt Farmers Market 10am-2pm
  
• Tuesday - Kenilworth Farmers Market 3:30-6:30pm
  
• Wednesday - Wakefield Park Farmers Market 2pm-6pm only 2 left!
  

Market Produce

• Honeycrisp! - Still got 'em!
  
• Old Fashioned "Must Eat" Apple Cider - our award winning cider is chock full of Stayman and everything else! Should be dyn-o-mite!
  
• Jonagold - Second only to Honeycrisp
  
• Fuji - BAM!  We're back in business.  Nice looking crop of Fuji this year
  
• Stayman/Winesap- is probably the favorite apple of most fruitgrowers we know.  It's tart and favorful; great for eating or baking
  
  Smokehouse - Still going strong, tart apple fans
  
• Cortland - supplies dwindling!
  
  Nittany - mention the PSU score (provided we win) and get a free apple!  Offer good for the rest of the season!
  
• Rome - Pie makers rejoice!
  
• Mutsu - HUGE and yummy!
  
• Gold Delicious - STILL NOT MUSHY!
  
• Red Delicious - sweet. red. apples
  
• Empire - a lot like Macintosh
  
• Jonathan - still the most underrated apple we grow! supplies dwindling
  
• Yellow Bartlett Pears - smooth and sweet
  
• Bosc Pears - firm and a little bit of grit to go with the sweetness!
  
• Onions - Only 'Candy' yellow remain
  
• Potatoes - 'Eva' is the white and 'Villetta Rose' is the red.  Very versatile for baked, fried, and mashed!
  
• Pumpkins - old fashioned Howdens for pies and jack-o-lanterns.  Still working out the logistics of getting these hulking things to market (4-30 lbs/piece)
  
• Winter Squash - our mini acorns are ready, likewise dumpling and delicata squash.  Still waiting on our butternuts and spaghetti squash!
  
  "It's Coming Down"
  
  We're down to the last 6 markets, everybody!  Can you believe it?  I cannot!  Aint it funny, how time slips away?
  
  As we march proudly towards the finish, we're going to start rolling out some very cool "customer appreciation-type" specials for everyone!  We're starting this week by coming down $0.20/lb on apples across the board!  So stock up and get creative!  We've heard back from some customers using apples in pretty outstanding ways!  Baking them with a little caramel liqueur, sandwiches - a little goat cheese or artisian cheese from some of our lovely neighbors (be sure to ask for recommendations, we've had and enjoyed them all at this point)!  Expect some very nice potato deals in the coming weeks as well as we roll out our red and white spuds in our handy 7 lb. sacks!  As I mentioned earlier, we'll also hook you up with a 1/2 bushel (approx. 25 lb.) for $20 from here 'till the end of the season.  As we approach November, it'll be time to start thinking about email ordering a few crates in advance to get you through the offseason.  Varieties like Fuji, Rome, York, and Staymen can often last months is somewhere as cool as your basement!  Think of it, local, tasty, IPM apples that don't suck... at your disposal for months after the bad weather comes.  It's a good thing!
  
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  From Our Farm to Your Home,
  

  
  

  Farmer Ben

   

   

  
  

  
  
  
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