New Vendor Profile: Reberts Farms

Our third major new produce vendor for the 2009 Market season is Reberts Farms, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

A third-generation family farm located in the mountains of Orrtanna, just outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, they grow a plethora of fruits and vegetables, including sugar peas, peas, onions, red beets, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, Lima beans, cantaloupes, watermelons, sweet corn, strawberries, black berries, red, yellow, and black raspberries, blueberries, red and white potatoes, sweet potatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, patty pans, jack be littles, bird house gourds, gooseneck gourds, cucumbers, spaghetti squash, acorn squash, butternut squash, buttercup squash, lakota squash, blue hubbard squash, pumpkins, egg plants, apricots, peaches, nectarines, dark and white sweet cherries, sour cherries, and eight different types of plums. And they grow apples! Lodi, Tansparent, Summer Rambo, Ginger Gold, Gala, Honey Crisp, Macintosh, Cortland, Jona Gold, Golden Supreme, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Stayman, Northern Spy, Banana, Smoke House, Grimes Golden, York, Rome, Sweet Paradise, Jonathan, Granny Smith, Empire, Zestar, Starks Delicious, Fugi...most of us have never had an opportunity to taste many of these varieties. What a fantastic treat!

We're so pleased to bring this amazing new vendor to Cheverly Community Market. Please stop by the Reberts Farms table on Saturday morning...you won't regret it. This week, they'll have delicious strawberries and rhubarb...maybe spring onions and a few potatoes. Introduce yourself to Matt Rebert or any of the other friendly people there, get some of their wonderful produce and enjoy opening day of the 2009 Market season!