August 12, 2003
For sale at the Farm
Maryellen has actually had some inquiries about stuff we are selling on the porch. She said that I should list what we are selling here on the site.
If I was better at my HTML code, I could do this in a more professional manner. But I am not very good at coding stuff, so here goes.
CantaloupeCharentais
Delicious 51
Minnesota Midget
Prescott Fond Blanc
Sweetie #6Watermelon
Golden Midget Watermelon
Moon and Stars
Orangelo
SangriaTomatoes
Sungold Cherry
Peacevine Cherry
Heirloom
non-Heirloom beefsteak
And here is a description of the different varieties:
CantaloupesCharentais: From France, where these melons are extremely popular. Very sweet and tasty orange flesh. One of our favorites!
Delicious 51: Bigger, standard orange fleshed cantaloupe.
Minnesota Midget: Very small, baseball sized, orange flesh, heirloom cantaloupe. Should turn yellow when ripe.
Prescott Fond Blanc: A French heirloom orange flesh, cantaloupe variety. One of the ugliest, yet best tasting, melons in the world.
Sweetie #6: Orange and green flesh. Very, very sweet.
Watermelon
Golden Midget: Yellow skin, red flesh, heirloom watermelon.
Moon and Stars: Another heirloom variety, splashed with yellow moons and star shapes. Dark pink flesh with a slight citrus taste.
Orangelo: A heirloom variety that has bright orange flesh. It is normal for these melons to have some cracking of the flesh on the inside.
Sangria: Red flesh, very sweet. A good standard watermelon.
Tomatoes
Sungold Cherry: Orange. Simply the best tasting cherry tomato on the planet.
Peacevine Cherry: Red. Grape-like. Very tasty.
Heirlooms: We mostly have Brandywine and Rose de Berne, both red-pink and very tomatoey. We have Pruden's Purple, but something is not right with them, and we will not have many.
non-Heirloom beefsteak: We grow Buffalo tomatoes, which are about baseball size and one of best regular tomatoes out there.
Note: We don't have everything on the list at all times. For example, we will almost always have Sungold cherry tomatoes, but the Moon and Stars watermelons have not come in at all yet. Plus, I am willing to bet that we will get cleaned out of melons tomorrow at market, so there may not be much tomorrow afternoon.
Plus, in another 4 weeks or so, we will have more winter squash than you can shake a stick at. (I have never really understood that expression, but, barring a tornado or something, we will have a lot of squash).
If you are thinking of coming by and want something in particular, call us at 592-3349.
Posted by peter at August 12, 2003 09:19 PMCongratulations on being recognized in the organic world!
The list of fruits and vegetables is very impressive, especially the melons. I shouldn't have read this before breakfast. They sound a lot more appetizing than my oatmeal with raisins.
Posted by: Joe at August 13, 2003 06:55 AMWhat a marvelous undertaking! Congratulations to you for all your knowledge and hard work! Best wishes to you for Tom and Paula Shevlin
Posted by: paul a shevlin at September 19, 2003 10:39 PMI am a California gardener who visited a friend in Florida in 2003 and bought one of the Sangria watermelons at a roadside stand. It was very delicious and I was stupid and didn't save any seed. I am looking for a place that sells seed packets of these melons and will ship them to california. Please help. Thanks sincerely, BPH
Posted by: Bernon Headrick at January 13, 2004 01:17 AMHow can I buy some of these delicious melons and fruit from you?
Posted by: Margy Radebaugh at May 3, 2004 03:09 AM