July 11, 2013
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Market Update
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Domestic garlic continues to be light in supply until approximately August. Chinese garlic supply is also extremely light. The Mexican avocado market is in a lag period, and the California fruit is producing small fruit as the season has just started.
Local Availability:
Arkansas Tomatoes and Arkansas Heirloom Tomatoes
Georgia Peaches
Thies Farms, St. Louis, MO
Cabbage Green Cabbage Red
Collard, Mustard, and Turnip Greens
Cucumbers 24 count
Assorted Baby Lettuce Heads (Spring Mix )
Pickling Cucumbers
Red Beets Sacked
Turnips Sacked
Smith's Farm, St. Louis, MO
Zucchini Squash
Rosemont Farms, Cobden, IL
Yellow Squash
Thurston Farms
Blackberries (delicious!)
Coming soon: jalapenos, poblano, okra, green and red peppers, eggplant, corn
We stock LOCAL eggs, horseradish root, herbs, hydro watercress, and micro greens all year long. And now we are stocking LOCAL bean sprouts and hydro bibb lettuce.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sunfarm Food Service.
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| Champagne grapes, aka Black Corinth grapes, are, in fact, the smallest variety of all seedless grapes. Black Corinth grapes are not the exclusive champagne grape, there are red and green varieties as well, though very uncommon. Corinth grapes are one of the very few Parthenocarpic type of grapes in production - Parthenocarpic grapes have absolutely no seed development at all, compared to other seedless varieties, which develop see ds and eventually the seeds naturally abort. Regardless of what the name may imply, the champagne grape is rarely used to make wine. The fruit's popularity resurfaced in the late 20th century along with a palate for mini-sized fruits. Champagne grapes are the individual pearl-sized fragile skinned fruits, aka the berries, of the seedless grape variety, Black Corinth. When eaten fresh, they are known as a table grape. In dried form the champagne grape is transformed into a raisin, in which they are known as the Zante currant, or dried currant. When the berries are fresh, at their peak maturity, they are intensely sweet and succulent with a mere hint of tartness. As a currant, the grapes' sweetness is magnified, their size dramatically reduced and their texture typical of a raisin.
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Fun Facts
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- There are more than 60 species and 8000 varieties of grapes all over the world. Some common varieties of grapes are blue, black, green, red, golden, blue-black, white and purple
- One grape vine can grow up to 50 feet long and can have about 40 clusters of grapes
- It takes about 2½ pounds of grapes to produce a bottle of wine
- Grapes consist of about 80% of water, which make them a low-calorie snack or dessert. Raisins or dried grapes consist of about 15% of water
- Grapes contain flavonoids that give vibrant purple color to grapes, red wine and grape juice
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