Category: Weekly Update

Minneola Tangelos From Peru

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||25px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 7.15.20   Featured Item: Minneola Tangelos From Peru   These are quite possibly the best of the best in the citrus spectrum this summer. The Minneola Tangelos are a unique hybrid, or what I like to imagine “coupling,” of white grapefruit and a tangerine. […]

Let’s Get Spicy!

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 3.07.21    Featured Item: Hot Peppers     We all like a little spice in our life…some even like it real spicy!  The good news is there are over 150 hot peppers, and each one has a unique flavor and level of heat, […]

Yes, You Can-taloupe Pick the Best One!

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||25px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 7.22.20   Featured Item: Westside Cantaloupe   Cantaloupe season is among us!  It is hands down the most popular muskmelon in the U.S.  Americans love the small oval netted melon for everything from fruit salad to prosciutto-wrapped appetizers.  What’s not to love?  These melons […]

California Strawberries

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 3.23.21    Featured Item: Strawberry Season   I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like strawberries.  Parents around the world don’t usually have to convince their kids to try the berries like they do broccoli.  The appeal is instant.  Strawberries are attractive fruits, there’s […]

Hatch Chile Hype

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||25px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 7.28.20   Featured Item: Hatch Chile Hype Guess what time it is?!  It is Hatch chile season for all you “hatch heads!”  If you’re unfamiliar with what I am talking about, read on my friend because the hype is real.  Hatch chiles are exclusively […]

Mexican Papayas

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 4. 20. 21    Featured Item: Mexican Papayas   The Mexican papaya, or pawpaw, are large fragrant fruits native to tropical areas such as Central America and southern Mexico.  If you want to get technical, they are classified as a berry and grow […]

W. Murcott fro Peru

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||25px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 8.5.20  Featured Item: W. Murcott from Peru   We have some amazing hybrid fruits out there today.  The agricultural business does some crazy cool stuff to bring us special varieties of apples, melons, and citrus, among other things.  Scientists working alongside farmers carefully pollinate, […]

Stone Fruits

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 5.12.21    Featured Item: Stone Fruit   The most amazing thing happened the other day… I glimpsed my first cherry at my local market. Of course, as soon as I saw the bag of small ripe red cherries, Will Smith’s “Summertime” song starts […]

California Pears

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_padding=”|||25px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 8.12.20  Featured Item: California Pears   I think by now, we have all realized it’s August.  Although we may be missing some things this month,  you don’t have to miss California pears.  California’s beautiful climate has done it again…produced two gorgeous varieties of pears […]

Prickly Pear

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ custom_padding=”|||0px||” link_option_url=”http://52.11.233.165/market-report/”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″] Westlake Weekly Update 5.19.21    Featured Item: Prickly Pear   A little unknown prickly fruit native to Mexico is in season now.  The prickly pear or cactus fruit is the actual fruit of the cactus pads or nopales.  It’s crazy to think someone saw the prickly […]