Gjelina Group Goes to the Market: How to Pick the Perfect Nectarine

We chat with Bob Wiebe of Juicy Fruit Farm and Troy Regier of Regier Family Farms about how they find NECTAR-FECTION.

By Sam Rogers 

Max Dornbush picking a perfect Snow Queen White Nectarine From Summer Harvest Farm and already looking for the next one. Photo by Sam Rogers

Welcome to True Summer (c), but most importantly welcome to the real deal stone fruit season. Every week farmers come to the market with new varieties of beautiful peaches and plums, nectarines and apricots. It can be overwhelming to know how to pick just the right ones. What are the tricks of the trade?