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Catholic stewards of the land offer autumnal produce and festivities to their local communities and give glory to God for his abundance.
Did you know that St. Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of apple orchards? The Church celebrates him at the height of fall, Nov. 4.
In autumn, a new spectrum of farm-fresh crops appears on market shelves. Perhaps the most popular — in desserts, entrées, breakfast sweets and even soups — are cheerfully shiny green, red, yellow and red-orange apples. According to several sources, apple varieties worldwide total about 7,500, with about 2,500 alone in the United States.
And plump pumpkins — not a vegetable but a fruit — run a close-second fall favorite. Fortunately for pumpkin lovers, the USDA reported that, in 2020, more than 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins were harvested. Perhaps the most popular is the big, round orange variety that usually gets carved for Halloween celebrations and the flesh of which turns up in numerous recipes. Who can imagine a Thanksgiving dinner without pumpkin pie?
Thanks to lifelong Catholic and pumpkin-farm lady Fran Barten, Barten Pumpkins in New Prague, Minnesota, continues running its elaborate pumpkin (and other produce) farm; Mrs. Barten is supported in the effort by her family, following her farmer husband’s death several years ago.
Continued below.
Cultivating (and Enjoying) Apples and Pumpkins, Creation’s Fall Bounty
Did you know that St. Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of apple orchards? The Church celebrates him at the height of fall, Nov. 4.
In autumn, a new spectrum of farm-fresh crops appears on market shelves. Perhaps the most popular — in desserts, entrées, breakfast sweets and even soups — are cheerfully shiny green, red, yellow and red-orange apples. According to several sources, apple varieties worldwide total about 7,500, with about 2,500 alone in the United States.
And plump pumpkins — not a vegetable but a fruit — run a close-second fall favorite. Fortunately for pumpkin lovers, the USDA reported that, in 2020, more than 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins were harvested. Perhaps the most popular is the big, round orange variety that usually gets carved for Halloween celebrations and the flesh of which turns up in numerous recipes. Who can imagine a Thanksgiving dinner without pumpkin pie?
Thanks to lifelong Catholic and pumpkin-farm lady Fran Barten, Barten Pumpkins in New Prague, Minnesota, continues running its elaborate pumpkin (and other produce) farm; Mrs. Barten is supported in the effort by her family, following her farmer husband’s death several years ago.
Continued below.
Cultivating (and Enjoying) Apples and Pumpkins, Creation’s Fall Bounty
