Have you tried our Sweet Peppers, Asian Pears & Chestnuts?

Fresh Fruit & Veggies Farmers Market Update

mid September 2012

What's Fresh with Kuhn Orchards!

Peter Piper's Peppers

Asian Pears

Chestnut Season

2012

Farmers Market Schedule

Crystal City

Crystal Dr. b/t 18th & 20th St.

Tues | 3pm-7pm | May 1-Nov 20

Oakton

OakMarr RECenter on Jrmntwn Rd.

Wed | 8am-noon | May 2 - Nov 14

Annandale

Wakefield Park on Braddock Road

Wed | 2pm-6pm | May 2 - Oct 31

Frying Pan Farm Park

2709 West Ox Rd, Herndon

Thurs | 3:30-7pm | May 3 - Oct 25

Petworth

9th St. NW b/t Upshur & Taylor St.

Fri | 4pm-8pm | May 4 - Oct 26

Fairfax

Behind old Fairfax Courthouse

Sat | 8am-1pm | May 5 - Oct 27

Vienna

Beside Red Caboose on Church St.

Sat | 8am-noon | May 5 - Oct 27

Washington, D.C.

14th & U St., NW

Sat | 9am-1pm | May 5 - Nov 17

Lorton

VRE Parking Lot, Lorton Station Rd.

Sun | 9am-1pm | May 6 - Nov 4

Palisades

48thPlace, NW at MacArthur Blvd.

Sun | 9am-1pm | April 1 - Dec 16

Greetings!

The weather has gotten surprisingly cool, and almost fall-like. The timing is perfect too. Peaches don't like cold nights; the fruit will drop if it gets too cold. Luckily we have harvested the last of our peach crop, and this will be our last weekend with peaches at market. And apples, on the other hand, love the cold nights. Apples have better color when the nights are cool and the days are sunny and bright.

We will be bringing pumpkins, gourds, and squash to market before you know it! They just need to cure a little bit more on the vine before they are ready to harvest. But start thinking about your home Fall decor, and favorite pumpkin recipe, and you can purchase everything you need at the farmers market.

You'll be able to find eight varieties of apples under the Kuhn Orchards' tent, and the list will keep growing!

Honeycrisp | Elstar | Jonamac or McIntosh

CrimsonCrisp | Kids Gala | Early Fuji | Jonathan

Cortland

We'll see you at market!!

Peter Piper's Peppers

Everyone knows the famous tongue twister Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. But do you think Peter Piper would have misplaced his peck of peppers if he had picked Kuhn Orchards sweet peppers?! Probably not, because they are delicious!

Sidney and Mary Margaret agreed that Kuhn Orchards' peppers would have to be different than traditional bell peppers; they have to be sweet, delicious, and nothing like you will find in the grocery store. And that is exactly what Kuhn Orchards sweet peppers are. We grow an array of varieties:

Italian Frying Peppers are long and narrow peppers and come in red, yellow, and orange (the roasted medley makes a beautiful side dish!)
Round of Hungary Peppers are red, round and squatty pumpkin shaped peppers (they are Dave's favorite!)
Pimiento Peppers are smooth and rounded with a slight point on the bottom

Asian Pears

Asian Pears can accurately be dubbed "the ugly duckling" of the fruit world. They have a very thin skin and have the tendency to develop dark marks on their skin when they rub against each other. This marking is not a bruise, as the flesh of the Asian pear is still firm.

However, once the skin turns dark, folks tend to find the Asian pear unattractive. So, since the Asian pear is thin skinned (and we don't want them to have hurt feelings because no one wants to take them home!) - we have purchased "fruit sleeves" to protect the fruit from rubbing marks.

Many supermarkets request that their pear suppliers package Asian pears in these protective sleeves or in other protective packaging. We hope you appreciate the extra care we are taking, and trust that these Asian pears are still the Kuhn Orchards farm fresh pears you have grown to enjoy over the years. Click here to read more about Asian Pears.

Chestnut Season

Many folks walk past our display of these fall gems and do a double take, and then say "What's this?!" "Those are Chestnuts," we'll reply.

Our Chestnut grove was planted about 60 years ago; Dave's uncle, Don Kuhn, planted the chestnut grove and it is a beautiful site in the fall!

We will be bringing some chestnuts to market this weekend,

and will continue gathering them as they fall from the trees.

If you are interested in learning more about chestnuts, check out our website. We have instructions on how to prepare them, and recipes for braised chestnuts and chestnut soup.

Sidney, Mary Margaret and David Kuhn

Rusty, Anthony, Sandy, and Katy

Kuhn Orchards