by Roger Rossignol | Mar 19, 2014 | Canara Farm, Westcountry Fruit Sales |
The development of our Canara Farm project continues to gain momentum, as this morning saw the arrival of our custom poly tunnels, these will be constructed over the course of the next few days and then we can start planting. We also have grown some fantastic Organic Purple Sprouting it is available in 500gm bags & we believe it is a far superior product to the standard in stock very tender, 100% edible.... by Roger Rossignol | Mar 12, 2014 | Fridge Walk, Westcountry Fruit Sales |
Making an appearance in our fridges for the first time today were these very interesting Long Black Winter Radish, or known by the French name Gros Noir d’Hiver. It dates in Europe to 1548, and was a common garden variety in England and France during the early 19th century.[12] It has a rough black skin with hot-flavored white flesh, is round or irregularly pear shaped, and grows to around 10 cm in diameter, it can be grated or sliced, eaten raw or cooked. ... by Roger Rossignol | Mar 11, 2014 | Fridge Walk, Rungis, Westcountry Fruit Sales |
We had some fantastic fresh produce arrive in the fridges the last couple of days, from the Rungis market we had Spanish Blood Oranges & Baby Endive as the photographs show these products look absolutely stunning. For the first time ever we saw the appearance of White Chantenay Carrots which have already proved to be very popular with the customers that have ordered them, they have a milder carrot taste and hopefully will become a main stay in our fridges for the season. Whilst we all patiently wait for the Cornish Asparagus season to begin in a couple of months time it is worth considering the Mexican asparagus, they are very fine stems and have great colour in the tips. ... by Roger Rossignol | Mar 10, 2014 | Canara Farm, Fridge Walk, Westcountry Fruit Sales |
Great products picked this morning from Canara Farm Mixed Winter Kale – containing purple sprouting, red Russian kale, green curly kale and Cavalo Nero. - 500gm bags. Mixed Kale – containing Russian Kale, Green Curly Kale and Cavalo Nero – in 500gm bags . Purple Sprouting Broccoli – in 500gm bags (far superior product to the standard in stock) very tender, 100% edible.... by Roger Rossignol | Mar 5, 2014 | Foraged Food, Fridge Walk, Westcountry Fruit Sales |
As today is St Piran’s day it seems appropriate that we saw some fantastic Cornish produce arrive in the fridges this morning. New to stock in this fantastic Cornish Rhubarb - as it is a young crop it is still quite short (around 6-8 inches) but it has a beautiful deep red colour. We also had our first delivery of locally foraged (from a top secret Cornish location) Wild Garlic, the smell is absolutely amazing. ... 
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