Apples Coming, and Looking Ahead to Fall
The apple season may open in full force this week. Tom Maurer isn’t quite sure, but be looking for more fresh-picked apples at the Emporium. And there will be the usual array of tomatoes, greens, berries and other farm products.
As August advances, it’s becoming time to envision what the Emporium will be like in the fall. (We’ll be open year-round, after all.) Tom has already canned asparagus and beets for fall, and he’s been introducing a growing array of shelf goods, including spicy sauce mixes. He’s been freezing raspberries and blackberries to offer later. And he’ll be picking up lettuces and other produce at Sam Stoltzfus’ hydroponics greenhouse in Gap. Anticipate making some fall discoveries at the Emporium!
Tom’s Maywood Farm flock of chickens has been enhanced by newly-hatched arrivals. If he can get the hens “back to business,” there should be steadily more eggs – brown and green as well as white – on hand at the Emporium on Friday mornings. As it’s been, Tom’s farm-fresh eggs have been selling out early.
It’s also worth anticipating a soon-to-arrive shipment of wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon. Steve and Jenn Kurian, of Bloomsburg, have been up in Alaska in their commercial fishing boat for the prime months of June and July, and will be sending salmon to the Emporium shortly. Also, Tom advises that his meat sales last week were the strongest yet. That’s probably because of the Emporium’s new display cold case, which displays meats to their best advantage. Look for pork chops, sausage, ham, beef roasts, steaks, poultry and “some wonderful dried beef,” Tom advises.
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