(Newswire.net – July 27, 2013) Brentwood, California – The Battle of the Peaches begins.
One of summer’s finest treats is a fragrant, sweet, tree-ripened peach dripping with juice. Now, lovers of fresh ripe peaches can taste two famous varieties at once when the harvests overlap for a short period.
California’s Frog Hollow Farm will feature a taste-off between these two varieties at participating Bay-area farmers markets. Nationally, connoisseurs of organic peaches can have their own taste-off when they participate in an organic fruit box delivery program for three weeks from late July to mid August.
Frog Hollow Farm starts harvesting the large O’Henry peach toward the end of July. The O’Henry harvest overlaps for about a week with the Cal Red, last year’s champion.
The Battle of the Peaches begins with a box of ripe O’Henry peaches. When the Cal Red peaches are ready, Frog Hollow Farm will ship participants two fruit boxes containing each variety, so that customers can sample both contenders. The following week the peach lovers finish with a fruit box of just-picked Cal Reds.
This fresh organic fruit delivery program of three fruit box shipments is available to all those who order online. Once they’ve tried each variety, participants may vote for the tastiest peach at the www.FrogHollow.com website.
Frog Hollow Farm owner “Farmer Al” Courchesne adopted the Cal Red as the Frog Hollow signature peach. The Cal Red is a unique variety that is the favorite of discerning peach lovers across the United States. However, the O’Henry, according to Farmer Al, “is my favorite peach to grill. The O’Henry has the flavor, size, and crimson blush that makes a truly memorable peach.” Its pointed form makes heart-shaped slices for an attractive plate presentation.
Peaches are grown in all the temperate climates of the world, but find a unique home in Brentwood, California with its Mediterranean-type cool nights and warm days. Frog Hollow Farm harvests more than twelve varieties of organic peaches from mid-June to early September each year. While almost any tree-ripe peach is a delight to most fresh fruit lovers, the Cal Red and O’Henry peaches are considered to be among the best in the world.
Farmer Al is called a “rock star” in the fruit delivery industry. He selects only the most flavorful and sweetest tree-ripened fruit to ship directly to Frog Hollow Farm customers. “From tree to table in 48 hours,” he says. All tree-ripened fruit from Frog Hollow Farm is hand-packed and shipped unblemished, ready to eat. Because they can’t predict all harvest conditions, some late-harvest orders may not be filled, says Farmer Al, “because we are sticklers for quality and want to make certain you get the best peaches there are.”
Find more information at The Battle of the Peaches organic fruit delivery web-page.
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About Frog Hollow Farm: They are a 133-acre certified organic farm located in the fertile Sacramento River Delta just east of San Francisco in Brentwood, California. Farmer Al says only 2% of all fruit is cosmetically perfect. Fruit with minor blemishes (most of the harvest) goes to local Farmer’s Markets. Beautiful fruit with great flavor and able to survive shipping goes to online mail order customers. Ready-to-eat blemished fruit finds its way to the weekly boxes of the Community Supported Agriculture program that Frog Hollow Farm operates. Find them online at www.FrogHollow.com.
Frog Hollow Farm, LLC / Happy Child CSA
P.O. Box 2110, Brentwood, CA 94513
Media Contact:
Pearl Driver, Director of Marketing
pearl@froghollow.com
(925) 634-2845 Ext: 203