| SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 -- Rick Macsuga of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture said that the summer fruits and vegetables are dwindling while the fall and winter crops are abundant.
"We're starting to see pumpkins, gourds, corns, cornstalks and hay bales and cider are all new for this week," he said. "We're coming into peak season for apples too."
Macsuga said all kinds of varieties of apples are now available with more to come as the weeks progress and Macoun apples should be available next week.
Along with all varieties of winter squash, Macsuga said, "greens, kales, swiss chards and collards are all available and will continue right through the fall. They can take it right into a freeze."
Macsuga said celery root, or celeriac, is now available. He said it is a bulb the size of a softball and "really gangly looking, almost like a ball of string." It is used in soups and stews and lasts a very long time.
Beans and raspberries are lingering but will be gone soon, he said. The same goes for plums, peaches and nectarines, musk melons and honey dews.
What's fresh this week:
Apples
Pears
Peppers
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Grapes
Winter squash
Potatoes
Peppers
Onions
Corn
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Kale
Spinach
Collard greens
Swiss Chard
Pumpkins
Gourds
Cider
Celery root |
