RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICE: Contact us for product samples shipped by FedEx in our custom box.
* Annual product availability: November 1st through June 30th
* Net 10 pound product shipped in custom "closed" box lined with foam pad insulation on sides and bottom. .
* Custom craft box labeled with the following information: heirloom tomato history, variety with flavor description and traceback data.
* Tomatoes packed by variety in each box to correspond to closed box lid heirloom information.
* (3) variety mix: Red Brandywine, Purple Cherokee and Gold Medal. (see "about us" for variety descriptions).
* Retail orders: tomatoes labeled with information: "PLU # 3423", Farmhouse Tomatoes, Authentic Family Heirloom, Florida Greenhouse
Grown
* Orders to specify box/pallet count and stage of ripeness conditioning required.
* Ripeness conditioning:
- Stage # 2 @ 5-10% color = "Breakers". There is a break of color from green to tannish-yellow, pink or purple on the tomato surface.
- Stage # 3 @ 20-25% color = "Turning". Tannish-yellow, pink or purple shows over 10%, but not more than 30% of the tomato surface.
- Stage # 4 @ 30-45% color = "Color". Pink, red or purple shows on over 30% but not more than 60% of the tomato surface.
* Farmhouse recommends shipping Stage # 2 out of the state of Florida based on transportation scheduling.
* Custom conditioned pallets are available for start up programs; split pallet of stage # 2 and stage # 3.
* Standard pallet: (72) boxes, (12) layer high shrink wrapped on Grade A pallet. Pallet bags available for LTL transportation.
* Greenhouse Operations are certified annually for Florida T-Gap food safety and Fair Foods Standards Association (CIW).
* Product shipping: TGAP certified cool storage facility located in Lake Worth, Florida.
SHIPPING AND RECIEVING INFORMATION: Emailed daily to buyer as order ships to includes:
PRODUCT: (product picture of open box for each pallet order)
HARVEST DATE: November through June
CORE TEMPERATURE: 62 degrees
SHIP TO LOCATION: distribution center
BUYER P.O.: #
FTI INVOICE: #
BOX/PALLET/STAGE: # / # / %
SHIP DATE: Day of
DELIVER DATE/TIME: ASAP
TRANSPORTATION CO: TBA
CONTACT: Driver cell phone