Rousedale Farm: Organic Produce, Eggs, and Honey - Fallston, MD

Apples Don't know about you, but our apple supply is getting a little low.  We will make another run to our friends in Pennsylvania, Oyler's Organic Farm if there's enough orders.  Remember these apples are all organically grown.  No sprays and none dipped in wax to enhance appearance.  I know many of us get waxed to enhance appearance, but we don't eat it!  At least I don't think you eat it.  I've never been waxed so I really don't know.  Well, I say I've never been waxed, there was that whole back hair incident back in the nineties that was a horrible mistake from the start...uh..ok...let's get back to apples. Anyway, the apples are $2.49 a pound and the cider is $9 a gallon and $5 a half gallon.  Many of you who bought cider the last time said it was the best you ever had and I have to agree.  The cider is nothing but apples and is not pasteurized. Just shoot us an email or give us a call to order.  We will have to know what kind of apples and how many pounds of each type you want.  There's about 3 or 4 to the pound.  If you want cider we'll need to know how much you would like.  Remember you can freeze the cider if you want to store it. Also, we have plenty of eggs, chicken and honey that's always available at the farm year round. Eggs and honey are self serve.  If you are interested in chicken just honk your horn for service. Here are the apples available with a brief description.  As you can see there are a few new varieties since last time.   If non-perfect skin on your apple bothers you, I found in the last batch we brought to the farm the York was probably the nicest looking Golden Supreme The Golden Supreme apple is a good multipurpose apple due to its crispness.  It’s crispness makes it good for fresh eating while it also holds it’s shape nicely for baking. It is white to light-cream colored flesh.  The flavor is sweet tart.    Golden Delicious The Golden Delicious is sweet, mellow, and juicy.  It is less crisp then a Golden Supreme, but is still a firm apple. Red Delicious The Red Delicious is sweet but very mild flavor.  It is a refreshing apple to eat due to it’s light crispness. Ida Red The Ida Red is a sweet tart apple that has a slightly pink flesh.  If your looking to make applesauce, this apple will give your sauce a pleasant color.  York The York apple has several strong characteristics.  It is firm, crisp, slightly tart, and juicy.  This apple is ideal for storing over the winter months. Enterprise The Enterprise apple has a sharp flavor with a white to cream colored flesh.  This apple stores well and has great cooking qualities. Fuji  The Fuji apple is very sweet and juicy.  It’s the perfect fresh eating apple.  It tastes great on salads and makes a great unsweetened applesauce. Gold Rush The Gold Rush has a crisp hard flesh and develops a sweeter flavor the longer you store it after harvest.  It is harvested late in the season.

Locally yours, Vicky and Steve