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Rob Story has recently contacted me to let me know that the fruit fundraisers will be able to continue throughout the winter and spring, as he has found other farmers who can provide him fruit through the cold season! The co-op will receive a percentage of sales for every order from us, so I hope you will consider taking advantage of this opportunity to support the co-op and receive some tasty, fresh, organic fruit.

Orders are due Dec. 16th by 8pm. Deliveries take place Dec. 19-20. Read more below for more information and fruit quantities available.

Thanks for your continued support!

Laura Moynihan
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We hope things are moving along well for your holidays and you are all well. We have been busily working to identify more organic orchardists to include into our business for next season so that we can expand your choices and our overall quantities of fruit.

This week we have cemented an alliance with a small group of conscious, long term organic farmers over in Okanagan County. Their apple season runs later than Royal City and they have apples available for us this season.  The apples are stored on the farm in a climate controlled room so they are still tasty and farm direct. Our plan is to offer their apples once each month during the months of December, January, February and possibly March.

With this email, we are opening up the order process for December which will be in time for Christmas. As our standard, we guarantee your satisfaction.

Our true desire is to serve as many people as we can with this opportunity. Please share this with your friends.  If there are folks on very tight budgets, we welcome them to contact us so that we may help where we can and get them fruit. We also have a developing website at http://allonefamilyfarm.com.

**ALL ORDERS ARE DUE BY TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2008 AT 8:00 PM PLEASE PLEASE**

Fruit will be available as follows:

Friday 12/19:
Everett – (We will receive the fruit here at 0700.  We can meet families local in Everett first thing. Let’s talk) Snoqualmie Fall City Carnation Duvall Woodinville Bothell Udistrict /Seattle (If needed) Kingston

Saturday 12/20:
Kingston
Bremerton/Silverdale – Pickup at Luigi’s Port Orchard Poulsbo Chimacum/Port Townsend

All apples and pears are available in 5# increments with no quantity limit.  A full box is 40#. Descriptions of first two apple varieties are at the end of this email. A description of all the apples is on our website at allonefamilyfarm.com

On future apple runs we plan to box ourselves from the bins so that there is more variation in apple sizes and the overall cost is lower.

Extra Fancy Grade (Perfect and uniform size like at PCC, Whole Foods, Central Market, etc) Pinova – $1.80 per #.
Mutsu- $1.80 per #.

Granny Smith- $1.45 per #.
Braeburn – $1.45 per #.
Fuji- $1.45 per #.
Cameo- $1.45 per #.

#2 Sorted (Some minor bumps from hail, no broken skins, more variation in sizing) Braeburn – $1.25 per #.
Fuji- $1.25 per #.

Pears – A grade
Asian Ar-Ri-Rang – $2.00 per#
D’Anjou – $1.40 per#

In order to keep our prices as low as possible we appreciate anyone who can pay with cash.  Checks are fine too and no one is turned away for financial reasons.

POTATOES

Believe it or not we will be purchasing our seed potato in two weeks for next seasons plantings.  In order to make sure we grow enough we are asking folks to consider their potato needs for next season.  Potatoes will be available August through Late November.  Our target maximum price is $1.50 per#. I am hopeful that we can offer them for less.  All potatoes will be Certified Organic.  Please let us know how many pounds you might be interested in during this time. There is no upfront $ commitment to get potatoes.  We just need to know how many to plant!

Potato Varieties:
Yukon Gold
Russet
Red Skin (White flesh)
All Blue
Austrian Crescent

APPLE DESCRIPTIONS

Pinova – Pinova (also called Sonata and Corail) is a new apple variety with old-fashioned apple flavor. Bred in Dresden, Germany, the variety was introduced in 1986 and has since become very popular in Europe. Its family tree includes ‘Duchess of Oldenburg’, ‘Cox Orange Pippin’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ varieties. The fruit is exceptionally crisp and juicy, with a firm, dense flesh. It has a mild, well-balanced sweet-tart flavor, which actually improves in storage. The apples have a distinctive dark red blush over a yellow background color with prominent lenticels. The Pinova stores exceptionally well, retaining its distinctive crisp and crunchy texture for many months. If you like a crisp, sweet, and juicy apple (and who doesn’t?) you don’t want to miss this promising new variety.

Mutsu- Mutsu, also known as Crispin, is an exceptional apple that was developed in Japan as a cross between Golden Delicious and Indo. Its most ardent supporters are in Japan and the Eastern U. S. This is a very large apple that matures late and stays in perfect shape in storage for months. The fruit is yellow-green which tends to draw comparisons to Golden Delicious or Granny Smith, but Mutsu’s tender-crisp flesh and complex flavor make it a much more interesting apple that either of those more common varieties. Mutsu is best enjoyed as a dessert apple, but it makes tasty sauce and cider also.

We look forward to seeing you soon and thank you for your participation.

We will gladly receive your boxes from the last fruit runs so that we can recycle them.  If you still have them please bring them when you get your fruit.

Our door is always open so please contact me with any questions you may have.  No issue is too small!

Best regards,

Rob Story
360 643-0306