What to expect on the market tables this week:
- Apples – New Crop – Yellow Transparent, Sunrise – tart, good for pies and sauces
- Apricots – Perfection, Rival, Goldbar
- Berries – Loganberries, Blackberries, Tayberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Gooseberries, Mulberries, Cherries – Vans, Bings, Rainiers, Sonata, Sander Rose, Black Republicans, Currants – Red and Black, Sour Pie Cherries – Mount Morency, Baliton, North Star
- Nectarines – Arctic Star
- Peaches – Early Red Havens, Flaming Fury, Sugartime, Snowkist
- Artichokes,
- Eggplant – Globes, Purple, Japanese Long, Okra
- Peppers – Sweet Bell Peppers, field ripened from Eastern Washington
- Pole Beans – Haricot Vert, Blue Lake, Yellow Wax, Purple
- NEW Potatoes – All Blue, Cal White, Red Norland, Red Lasoda, Yukon Golds, Viking Purple, Desiree
“The season is halfway over,” said Market Manager Karen Kerschner in an email this afternoon. “Time sure flies when you’re eating good food!”
“Come enjoy this week’s farm fresh bounty, which will include early sweet corn, summer squash, and tart crisp summer apples. Like last week, there will also be a variety of sweet and juicy berries, cherries, apricots, and peaches. Please join us as we roll into the second half of our market season.”
Also, the first 100 customers to show their Orca Cards, Flex Pass, or Light Rail ticket receipt will receive a free reusable shopping bag.
Source: Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance. CCFM takes place every Wednesday in the Columbia Plaza at Rainier Avenue South and South Edmunds, from 3 to 7 pm, through October 21. Photo/do communications, inc.
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