As summer draws to a close, it’s time to bid farewell to two of the three colors of corn: white and yellow. There are die-hard fans of both in New England, but according to both Southern Living and Epicurious, the flavor is determined by the variety, not the color. These days most corn varieties come in three degrees of sweetness – normal, sugar-enhanced, and supersweet, and most varieties are available in white, yellow, or bicolor. Bicolor corn usually keeps producing until first frost, so white and yellow corn lovers, close your eyes and give bicolor a try.
Carlson Orchards, 115 Oak Hill Road
Pick-your-own apples; check Facebook daily for variety updates. McIntosh, Honeycrisp, and Cortland apples available in the store; some peaches still available. Brookdale Fruit Farm’s corn, tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, green, red, and yellow peppers, and winter squash (butternut, buttercup, acorn, and delicata) available in the store. Freshly made cider doughnuts on weekends.
Doe Orchards, 327 Ayer Road
Pick-your-own yellow peaches and Honeycrisp, Gala, Cortland, Golden Supreme, Ruby Mac, and McIntosh apples. At the stand, Honeycrisp, Gala, Cortland, McIntosh, Ruby Mac, and Ginger Gold apples, along with Doe Orchards’ honey.
Old Frog Pond Farm, 38 Eldridge Road
Pick-your-own raspberries. Heirloom and cherry tomatoes, Asian pears, raspberries, squash, watermelon, peppers, eggs, and raspberry jam available at the stand. All fruit and vegetables are certified organic.
Westward Orchards, 178 Massachusetts Avenue
Pick-your-own McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, and Gala apples. All varieties of apples being picked plus Honeycrisp and Ginger Gold apples are available in the store. Red Bartlett pears, yellow and white peaches, nectarines, and plums are also available in the store, along with corn, tomatoes (regular, heirloom, and cherry), lettuce, broccoli, peppers (bell and hot), eggplant, carrots, kale, cucumbers, beans, beets, parsnips, onions, summer squash, zucchini, cabbage, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, Yukon gold and purple potatoes, and a variety of herbs. Freshly made cider doughnuts daily.
Willard Farm, 218 Still River Road
Bicolor corn, Red Norland, Green Mountain, and Yukon Gold potatoes. Winter squash, including butternut, buttercup, delicata, acorn, carnival, red kuri, and blue Hubbard. Pumpkins, including pie pumpkins and mini pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, ornamental edible pepper plants and hot peppers.
All produce listed is Harvard-grown unless otherwise noted. Brookdale Fruit Farm is in Hollis, New Hampshire.
—Compiled by Joan Eliyesil
