BURKART PREMIUM STONE FRUIT

The California stone fruit season is in peak flavor and volume. Wonderfully sweet and juicy California peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums are now coming out of the Central San Joaquin Valley. Burkart, an Earl’s exclusive, is now harvesting their high quality and flavorful high sugar yellow and white peaches and nectarines. Look for a flush on Majestic Pearl white nectarines this week.

Burkart Organic Farm Dinuba, CA

Earl’s long relationship with Burkart begin over 30 years ago. Picked at optimum maturity with the highest sugar levels, Burkart stone fruit has outstanding flavor and is a real crowd pleaser! Richard Burkart grows high-quality organic stone fruit on 65 acres near Dinuba along the northern border of Tulare County about four hours south of San Francisco. One of the advantages of working with small growers like Burkart, is that they spend extra time focusing on the quality of the stone fruit, going through their orchard and doing several picks of each variety. Many larger growers will go through the orchard two times and do a strip pick to get all the fruit as opposed to selecting fruit that is at optimum maturity for peak flavor.

Inspect the stem end of a Burkart yellow peach and you will often see more color than fruit from other orchards. The full color is an indication of maturity that translates into superior flavor. The sugars concentrate on the bottom end of the fruit as it matures on the tree. Slice off the bottom of a piece of stone fruit to experience the sweetest part of the fruit. Learn more about Burkart growing practices and download a 4x6 shelf talker to highlight your retail display.