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The end of peach season is near, and if you’re not ready to let them go gentle into that good night, there’s still time…

New apple varieties, such as Honeycrisp, continue to appear in orchards around the country. But some varieties, such as Ben Davis, one of the…

Apple-picking season has already begun at some orchards and will soon be in full swing at all of them. The earliest apples, including Ginger…

Blueberries are passing the locally grown fruit torch to peaches as August comes to a close. While we may think of peaches as having…

The farmstand column returns just in time for peak produce season in Harvard. There are still blueberries on the bushes, peaches and melons are…

This is the final week for our farmstand column. It was certainly a bumpy year for Harvard’s farms and orchards. Record cold temperatures in…

While apples seem to be plentiful at our local orchards this season, it was not a good year for the apple crop. A late…

One crop seems to have survived the weather Mother Nature threw at our farms this year—pumpkins. Technically a fruit, the pumpkin has been around…

Like people, most apple varieties have two genetic parents, and McIntosh has contributed its DNA to many locally grown cultivars. Cortland, Macoun, Empire, and…

We’re at the crossroads of summer and winter squash, a sure sign that fall is here. While summer squash is as easygoing as the…