Grown In Connecticut: With September Comes Fall Fruits And Vegetables

Rick Macsuga of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture said that the summer fruits and vegetables are dwindling while the fall and winter crops are abundant.

"We're starting to see pumpkins, gourds, corns, cornstalks and hay bales and cider are all new for this week," he said. "We're coming into peak season for apples too." 

Macsuga said all kinds of varieties of apples are now available with more to come as the weeks progress and Macoun apples should be available next week.

Along with all varieties of winter squash, Macsuga said, "greens, kales, swiss chards and collards are all available and will continue right through the fall. They can take it right into a freeze."

Macsuga said celery root, or celeriac, is now available. He said it is a bulb the size of a softball and "really gangly looking, almost like a ball of string." It is used in soups and stews and lasts a very long time.

Beans and raspberries are lingering but will be gone soon, he said. The same goes for plums, peaches and nectarines, musk melons and honey dews.

What's fresh this week: 

Apples

Pears

Peppers

Tomatoes

Eggplant

Grapes

Winter squash

Potatoes

Peppers

Onions

Corn

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Cabbage

Kale

Spinach

Collard greens

Swiss Chard

Pumpkins

Gourds

Cider

Celery root

Where to find them:

The Old Saybrook Farmers’ Market is on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 210 Main Street. www.oldsaybrookfarmersmarket.com, WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted, SNAP/EBT.

The Westbrook Farmers’ Market is on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Flat Rock Place in the Tanger Outlet Center. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.

Madison Farmers' Market is on Friday, from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Madison Town Green near 27 Meetinghouse Lane. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted. Check the _Madison Farmer's Market Facebook page_ for more.

Dudley Farmers’ Market is on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 2351 Durham Road in North Guilford.

The Chester Sunday Farmers’ Market is on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Town Center. www.chestersundaymarket.com