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Fruit Products

Eat! Healthy! Apples! All apple packs $5 off through 2012!

November 25, 2011

Yep, that’s right. No matter which size – 16 apples up to 54 apples… no matter which packaging – special printed gift box with foam cushions or bulk pack…. no matter which price – $17.50 up to $56.40… all apple packs on KauffmansFruitFarm.com are $5 off through the rest of this year. All our packs [...]

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Red Haven Peaches

July 27, 2011

Red Haven peaches, our most popular variety, are here in full force. Sweet, plump, and juicy, they are just right for a very healthy snack, and if you’re the type that likes home-prepared foods, you can use Red Haven for a very good-tasting canned peach. Red Haven are freestone and are sold by the individual [...]

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Freestone Canning Peaches are here

July 25, 2011

In the orchard industry, the word “freestone” is tossed around with delight by those in the know. But what does it mean? Customers say, “I thought a peach is a peach; now I need to worry about if it’s freestone or not?”. But really, it’s simple and is usually assumed by the customer: “freestone” simply [...]

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2011 CSA Program is started

January 18, 2011

We have begun accepting orders for full or half shares in our 2011 Community Supported Agriculture program. We are excited about this chance for us to work with more of the community; feedback from our customers in 2010 was immensely positive as well. The deadline to sign up is May 2, 2011, with delivery of [...]

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Thanksgiving and Christmas Fruit Bundles

November 11, 2010

One of the more “artsy” things we do here, and a fun one at that, is create and arrange almost a dozen different fruit baskets and bundles, arrangements that can be either ordered via phone or easily browsed in our market (once the display is functional, sometime in early December). These gift arrangements make superb [...]

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‘Tis the time for cider season

August 18, 2010

Wow, today is August 18. School starts soon, and in the orcharding industry, so does the mainstream apple harvest. For the Kauffman people, this means homemade sweet apple cider, and lots of it. Kauffman’s award-winning cider was recognized at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention in Hershey in February, 2010. We expect to press the [...]

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Pear Butter

August 16, 2010

Our orchard manager, Ken, brought in load after load of pears today. They are really nice – he says it’s one of the nicest crops ever. I asked if the crates he was transporting were tree-run (straight from the orchard, not sorted), and he said yes. Beautiful pears. If you’re not in the area, guess [...]

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Homemade Peach Butter

August 11, 2010

In my family, breakfast often consists of a quick piece of toast or bowl of cereal, especially during these hectic summer months. We really don’t mind much, though, as we are more thankful for a bountiful harvest than we are concerned about a busy work schedule. Anyway, back to the breakfast. It’s August, and peaches [...]

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Cider Making Pennsylvania Dutch

August 3, 2010

Time for a story – a story about Kauffman’s origins as a cider maker. The story is one of many that illustrate ways to use the good Lancaster County soil. In the area of 1910, Amos L. Kauffman and wife Susie started planting fruit trees on the family farm. While Amos was accused by neighbors [...]

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Apple Cider in Pennsylvania

August 2, 2010

It’s almost that time of year…. just a few weeks from now, apple cider in pa will be taking off. The end of August, as the start of the autumn season, is traditionally the time that demand for fresh apple cider begins rising and production ramps up to meet it. We here at Kauffman’s are [...]

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