Salad Bowl
If you are looking for fresh fruit and produce, Wapato is a good place to
start.
It bids itself as "The Salad Bowl of the Valley," and it lives
up to it's name
There are several Truck farms and large acreage farms growing several varieties
of tomatos, cucumbers, lettuce, beans of all kinds, zucchini, and other squashes,
and onions.
You can find sweet corn, peas, sweet peppers, hot peppers, and peppers in
between
Surrounding Wapato are fertile fields and orchards bearing a variety of
crops.
You'll find growers representing a rich ethnic heritage that Wapato celebrates
with it's Culture Unity Fair. Represented are Filipino, Japanese, Native American,
European, and Latino communities.
There are grapes, cantaloupes, watermelon, honeydew, crenshaw, and casaba.
And you'll find orchards laden with many varieties of cherries, apples, pears,
nectariens, peaches, prunes and apricots.
Most of the fruit and produce are available at roadside stands in season.
Look for stands along Highway 97. Also drive out West Wapato Road (at the
light on the Highway 97 where the Restaurants is), and check all the laterals,
North and South. Lateral A has several Stands.
Some people come for fresh fruit and produce for their dinner tables. Others
buy enough so they can freeze large quantities for future use. Some just pick
up a piece or two for snaking on the way home.
Wapato celebrates the bountiful harvest with an annual festival on Labor
Day weekend, Wapato Harvest Festival.
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Moises
Gonzalez] All rights reserved. Phone - (509)833-5989
