Fruit for Wednesday, June 11

Mangos are looking fantastic!

...It's peak or close to peak season for many varieties, so the selection is terrific.  We should have plenty of mangos for the whole time we're open (4-6pm).  I'm fairly certain we won't even run out of Lemon Meringue.

I just picked a nice selection of Bailey's Marvel... first of the season!
Lemon Meringues are plentiful... these next few days are probably peak season for this variety.
We have a nice supply of Cogshall.
I found several nice Tess Pollock.
A lot of Glenn are ripening.
We've started to pick Carrie.
Southern Blush should be available through next week.
Other varieties available include Jakarta, Edward, Pim Seng Mun, Dot, Florigon, Joellen, Choc anon, Cushman, and Philippine.

Haden Mangos continue to be on special...buy 20 pounds or more and pay just $1.50 per pound.


Other fruit:
For more than a month I've been watching the two biggest jak fruit on one of our trees.  Today two small jak fruit on the same tree ripened.  The largest two did not. 
Tomorrow a 5 pound and an 8 pound Golden Pillow jak fruit will be available for sale.

Also, Sapodilla


It might rain during mango hours, but we will be open rain or shine. 

Monday 12-2pm

Wednesday 4-6 pm

Thursday 2-4pm

Saturday 9am-noon

Hadens and Lemon Meringues!

Finally we have enough ripe fruit!


Lemon Meringue Mangos are ripening quickly.  I'm betting this week will be the strongest, then supply will start tapering. 

Haden season is extremely strong right now also.  Consider freezing some for the fall and winter.  Frozen Hadens taste much better than any mango you can buy in the grocery store.  Also Hadens are great mangos for chutney, dehydrating, eating fresh, using in smoothies... and, according to one of our dear customers, making mango wine.

Fruit for Monday, June 9

Even though we had a fruit-picking tour today, we will have a nice selection of mangos tomorrow.

• Hadens will continue to be plentiful and tasty for the next couple weeks.
• Lemon Meringue seem to be ripening every hour.  We already have quite a few picked for tomorrow.
• Jakarta
• Southern Blush should continue for more than a week
• Edward
• Florigon
• Cushman
• Pim Seng Mun
• Glenn
• Cogshall are ripening beautifully
• Tess Pollock
• a few Carrie

I'll check for Sapodilla in the morning.

Monday 12-2pm

Wednesday 4-6 pm

Thursday 2-4pm

Saturday 9am-noon

Fruit-picking Tour Sunday, June 8

Our first fruit-picking tour of the season will start at 5pm.  Cost is $2 per person, plus the cost of any fruit that you pick.  It's fine if you don't want to pick fruit.  There will be some fruit available for sale.  If you would like to buy plants, please wait until after the tour.  We will have more time to spend with you then.  Also, if you want to buy a mango tree, the tour might help you make a better decision on which variety to buy.
We will split into two groups, one led by Har and the other led by me.  Part of the tour will include history of the grove and descriptions of different fruits.  Questions are welcome. 
Tours usually last about 45 minutes.  If rain is likely, you might want to bring an umbrella. You're also welcome to bring your own picker.  (We have some to share.)

Fruit for Saturday, June 7

Mangos should include:

• Cogshall
• Lemon Meringue
• Jakarta
• Cushman
• Tess Pollock
• Glenn
• Edward
• Southern Blush
• Florigon
• Haden

For some of the aforementioned varieties we will have only a few pieces of fruit.  The good news is that next week will be better!  Of course we will check all the trees before we open Saturday morning to pick anything else that is ready.

 

Hadens are plentiful and gorgeous.  Since we have a lot of them, we are offering a quantity discount.  Buy at least 20 pounds and the price is $1.50 per pound.  If you buy less than 20 pounds, the price is $2 per pound.
Now is a great time to make chutney, mango bread, mango crisp, mango smoothies, frozen mangos, dehydrated mangos, etc.


Other Fruit:  Sapodilla






Our first Fruit-Picking Tour of the season is this Sunday, June 8 at 5pm.  Cost is $2 per person plus the cost of the fruit you pick.  We will also have some fruit already picked.

Fruit for Wednesday, June 4

Open today 4-6pm

I'll try to update this post later in the day....

Our Haden Mangos are starting to ripen on the tree, so we'll have some beauties today.
Cogshall Mangos are also looking gorgeous.
Lemon Meringue are still scarce... found about one ripe fruit per tree this morning.
Glenn Mangos are even scarcer..  next week will be better
We will have Jakarta, Florigon and some Edward.
Tess Pollock is almost ready.
Nam Doc Mai is a couple weeks away.

Also...
Tamarind
Sapodilla

Fruit for Monday, June 2

Of course I'll check for more fruit this morning, but right now it looks like Jakarta, Cogshall and Florigon will be the main varieties of mangos. 
Ripe Lemon Meringues are still very hard to find.
I'll pick a few Carries.  We will probably have a few Southern Blush, Cushman, Edward, Pim Seng Mun
Next week Carrie and Lemon Meringue will be better.  Also Tess Pollock, Philippine, Bailey's Marvel, Dupuis Saigon will probably begin to ripen.

Recently I've had several people ask for "raw mango."  The green Hadens should be good for this use.  Most of the Hadens will take a week or so to ripen.

Other fruit available include Tamarind and Sapodilla.

Monday 12-2pm

Wednesday 4-6 pm

Thursday 2-4pm

Saturday 9am-noon