Our Pineapple Quince Harvest

At the turn of the 20th century almost every rural family had a fruiting quince tree they relied on for medicine, pectin, and fragrant, long-lasting fruits. The varieties we offer have delightful pineapple-like flavors.

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Processing Our Beans

Planting beans is one of the easier things that we do. We weed them a couple of times, give them trellises, and then for the most part leave them alone. Most of the work comes later. After picking them and allowing them to dry in their pods for several weeks, the beans need to be shucked, in other words, separated from their pods. This way they can be stored long term.

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Craft and Process

Each fall, a group of us from the kitchen take the short trip to the bog and spend a couple of hours picking, by hand without the aid of flooding, all of the berries we will need for the upcoming festivities. It has become an Orchard Kitchen tradition.

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