East coast office fruit delivery

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East Coast Harvest Flyer Crate: 8/25/2008

Green Grapes
"Hail noble fruit" Homer sang. But did he know that modern scientists have put grapes on the Big Fruit Throne for their polyphenols. Scientists at Cornell have rated fruits and veggies for their bioactivity index and the skin and seeds of the grape are excellent.

REGIONAL Sweet Rosa Plums
This red plum variety has a unique appearance with sweet, juicy red flesh. Red plum, red plum, red plum. All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy. Take a fruit break today. Beechwood Orchards, Biglerville, PA

REGIONAL Loring Yellow Peaches
Take a bite of nostalgia. Mix childhood taste memories of summer ripened yellow peaches and a warm fuzzy feeling from the 70's TV show the Waltons. You'll get a great peach. Beechwood Orchards, Biglerville, PA

REGIONAL White Lady White Peaches
These peaches hail from Georgia, but are grown in PA. There are as sweet and genteel as southern manners. You may want to eat them with a knife and fork. Shanesville Farms, Boyertown, PA

REGIONAL Red Gold Yellow Nectarines
Peaches without the fuzz! Actually, nectarines ARE peaches but with a recessive gene that makes them a little sweeter and with a smooth skin. Shanesville Farms, Boyertown, PA.

REGIONAL White Nectarines
Cut down the seam, twist and separate: with one bite you can prove Mendel's genetics and enjoy a sweet-tasting fruit at the same. Beechwood Orchards, Biglerville, PA.

Kiwi
What fruit has the vitamin C of an orange, the potassium of half a banana, and the fiber of a half-cup of bran flakes? Hint: It's furry. Answer: Kiwi. Enjoy kiwis by peeling or simply cut latitudinally and scoop our green (or yellow) flesh with a spoon.

Valencia Orange
In 1841 people thought William Wilfskill was plum crazy when he planted a Valencia orange tree, but Will was a ranchero who knew his agronomy. The Valencia is the King of Juice Oranges and a fine slicer. The Valencia "re-greens" as it ripens on the tree, green near the stem is normal.

Bananas
Here at the FruitGuys, we like to dress up like bananas, because we love bananas! A perfect food, only 110 calories, 4g fiber and 1g of protein and high in potassium and Vitamin C. We love the elegant and easy-to-open packaging. Plus you can use a banana to make silly phone calls.

REGIONAL Bartlett Pear
The dear Bartlett pear was originated in Berkshire England by a schoolmaster named Stair. He sold his cuttings to a horticulturist called Williams, who gave this new pear his name. When the pear immigrated to the New World, a nurseryman called Bartlett laid claim to the fruit. So English folk may know this pear as Williams, and Americans as Bartlett. And they say “paaahr”, and we say “pear.” Johnson Family Orchard.

Bosc Pear
What could be more Baroque than a Bosc pear? Beautiful russet skin, and elegant shape so becoming to a Rubens painting. You may set yours on the desk in a swath of velvet – or just eat it.

REGIONAL Ginger Gold Apple
This summer apple has a special origin story. A seedling was discovered in Clyde and Ginger Harvey's Virginia orchard after it had be devastated by Hurricane Camille. A star child among wonderful golden apples. Beechwood Orchards, Biglerville, PA

REGIONAL Gala Apple
Sweet and mild. Somewhat thin skinned. Striped. Hails from New Zealand, from momma Golden and poppa Orange Delicious. Beechwood Orchards, Biglerville, PA