<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Stockton, CA</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.30.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Grower Direct Marketing, along with OG Packing, has kicked off the California tree fruit season and is now shipping its proprietary Monstercot apricot cultivar.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">This year marks the fifth season for the acclaimed variety, the majority of which are picked and delivered to retailers in 24-48 hours.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mark Cotton of Grower Direct Marketing, LLC says, “We want customers to feel like they just reached into our orchard and picked their own…its that good!” To accomplish this, our growing team traveled around the world to work with horticulture experts and have created a fruit that exceeds expectations in flavor, sweetness and maybe most important, eating experience.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/monstercot_body.jpg" alt="IMAGES APRIL 29 2013" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“This one of-a-kind, proprietary variety ripens earlier than traditional apricots, provides a much more brilliant color for consumers and tastes far better than any other product on the market” Cotton said. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“We have had consecutive increased orders from retailers for these varieties and already strong interest this year as the season has just kicked off. Our growers are significantly increasing acreage to these varieties due to their disease tolerance, early harvest and resistance to visual defects from Mother Nature due to rain and hail.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.growerdirect.net/" target="_new">Grower Direct Marketing</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
