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:

Mystic Farmers’ Market is on Tuesdays from 2 to 6 p.m., at the Quiambaug Firehouse located at 50 Old Stonington Road. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.

Groton Farmers’ Market is on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Groton Shopping Plaza next to the Post Office on Route 1. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.

Westerly-Pawcatuck Farmers’ Market is on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 85 Main St., just past The Bridge restaurant in Westerly.

Stonington Farmers’ Market is on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon near the town fishing pier in the borough. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.

Mystic-Denison Farmers’ Market is on Sundays from noon to 3 p.m., located at 120 Pequotsepos Road across from the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. www.denisonhomestead.org/farm‐market, WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.