Lychee (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The sub-tropical fruit lychee could be a new crop for farmers along California's coast, according to Mark Gaskell, the UC Cooperative Extension advisor to small-scale farmers in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
The category of "Asian vegetables" includes a wide array of Cucurbits, Solanum, Monocots and Legumes that are most popular at ethnic Asian markets. Many of these vegetables are gaining mainstream culinary followings as well.
Janet Caprile Farm Advisor UC Cooperative Extension Contra Costa County Bitter pit is a common problem that shows up in apples just before harvest or, more frequently, after a period of cold storage.
Small Farm News January/February 1992 Fred S. Conte, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis. Adapted from an article by Dr. Conte called, California Aquaculture: Growth Keyed to Diversity and Markets. In World Aquaculture 21(3):33-44,1990.
Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Revised July 1989 The genus Opuntia includes the prickly pear, bunny ears, and beaver tail cacti. It is also called cactus pear and Indian fig (fico d'India in Italian).
Mark Gustafson and Curtis Moulton, formerly staff research associates at UC Berkeley A marketing cooperative is an organization owned and operated by a group of farmers who produce similar products.
Small Farm News December-January 1997 includes articles and resources (publications/web sites): Specialty Crop: Capers Program Update Letter to the Editor Director's Column Resources News Notes Program News...
Quality counts. Never let your produce sit in the field. Quantity sells. One overflowing crate often outsells five half-full crates. Use wet burlap sacks behind the counter to cool heat-resistant summer vegetables. Post signs asking customers to bring in excess plastic/paper bags.
