farmers market

[redbird]

I had to get (more) blood drawn for tests, and after that I went to the farmers market. I came home with plums, the big oval Italian kind; Elstar apples; Vanessa grapes; raspberries; and diva cucumbers.

I am very pleased with my haul, in part because I thought I'd missed the season for those plums and maybe for that kind of apple. I had been picking out Macouns when I saw the box of Elstar apples. I put the Macouns back in their bin because I'm confident of being able to get those in a week or three, and the Elstar season is short.

There's also a small tomato in a bowl on the counter, but I grew that myself.

Comments

[moem]

Ah, you can get Elstars (now?). I remember talking to you about them and I seem to recall that you could not get them or had not seen them around. They are my favourite apple. Where have they been grown?

[redbird]

I got these at the farmers market from Kimball Farm, which (googling tells me) is in Pepperell, Mass. That's in eastern Massachusetts, up near the New Hampshire border.

I think I'd said I'd missed the season for Elstars, at least once: they turn up for two weeks, three if you're lucky, so it doesn't take much travel, bad weather, or other whatnot to miss seeing them at the market.

[moem]

That might have been it.
They are quite common here. You can get them in any supermarket.