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Since 1946, the Gonzales family has grown the rare and fabulous California Blenheim apricots. Grown on our Hollister ranch, we continue to be the farmer, pruner, dryer, packer, and seller of the vanishing Blenheim apricot. We produce the best tasting apricots in the world all "Home Grown in the Flavor Zone"!
In addition to our incredible dried apricots, be sure to discover our variety of nuts (walnuts, pistachios, almonds) and other dried fruits (peaches, pears, prunes, and more). For those who believe less is more, we have dark and delicious unsulfured dried apricots. And don't forget our sweet and tart selection of apricot jams and syrups as well as our decadent chocolate covered fruits and nuts. Simply delicious! Everything here on the ranch is organically grown.
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Scraping & Sizing the Apricots
Scraping & Sizing the Apricots
Posted by Harvesting with our Son on Jul 27th 2018
We've spent the entire week scraping the fruit off the trays. This consists of 10 men pushing
a paddle/scraper on a moving tray line. Trays are dumped into several bins......
The bins are dumped into a machines that shakes and shakes the dried cots.
They fall into holes according to sizes. Looks like more than 70% of the crop is extra choice
sized fruit.....