Taste of the Season-Michigan Honeycrisp Apples Are Here!

The Honeycrisp Apple variety is continually growing in popularity. Look for it in September and October, and enjoy it while you can, as it will most likely be gone by mid-November! A growing number of Honeycrisp tree plantings still aren’t in pace with its popularity among consumers! Honeycrisp has a crisp, juicy bite and a sweet flavor. They are best for fresh eating and also a great addition to salads!

Our Honeycrisps come to us from the same farmer in which we buy our Michigan tomatoes, cucumbers and many other fresh Michigan veggies. Leitz Farms in Sodus, Michigan (near Benton Harbor) has a great family heritage of growing some of the finest fruits and veggies in the state. "Say Yes" to apples and "Say Yes" to supporting Michigan farmers.

Michigan Apple Quick Facts

• Apples are Michigan’s largest and most valuable fruit crop, with a value of about $100 million annually to the apple grower. Value-added marketing and processing enhance the economic contribution of Michigan Apples up to $700 million of economic impact annually.
  
  
• There are over 7.5 million apple trees in commercial production, covering 37,000 acres, on 950 family-run farms throughout Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
  
  
• Michigan harvested approximately 903 million pounds (21.5 million bushels) of apples in 2006.
  
  
• Apples are by far the largest fruit crop grown in Michigan. Michigan produced approximately 1.4 billion pounds of fruit in 2005 including apples, tart cherries, sweet cherries, blueberries, peaches, grapes, strawberries, pears and plums. About 56 percent of that amount was apples, which totaled 780 million pounds.
  
  
• Small family farmers who operate their own orchards dominate the Michigan apple industry. According to statistics, 99 percent of Michigan orchards had fewer than 100 acres in apples.
  
  
• The Honeycrisp variety is continually growing in popularity. Look for it in September and October, and enjoy it while you can, as it will most likely be gone by mid-November! A growing number of Honeycrisp tree plantings still aren’t in pace with its popularity among consumers!

At Only a $1.99 lb it's a great way to support our local farmers!

Limited Edition Beemster Graskaas is Here!

Westborn Market is excited to celebrate summer with the new limited edition Beemster. Beemster's world famous milk becomes even more coveted during the first week of every spring. The milk given by the cows of the Beemster polder during the first week of spring grazing is the creamiest milk of the year. This is the milk used to create the special edition Beemster Graskaas. During this limited period, enough milk is collected to craft only 2,000 wheels(half of which are shipped to the United States) of this unique cheese. Graskaas is made in the beginning of April by master cheesemakers utilizing techniques dating back to 1901, and then aged for one month before its debut at the Spring Cheese Festival.
Available at all our locations for only $9.99lb a great value for this special cheese.