Pajaro Valley Magazine August 6 2021

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VISUAL IMPACT Jessica Carrasco puts the final touches on a large mural that highlights strawberries Wednesday on Laundry Day

laundromat at East Lake Avenue and Brennan Street. Mateo Gonzalez (aka Primo) and Paul De Worken also teamed up on the project.

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he Watsonville Strawberry Festival will return Sunday to downtown, bringing with it a full day of strawberry delicacies, live entertainment, artisan vendors and more.

Like most events in 2020, South County’s premier festival was canceled in response to the pandemic.

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season is well underway on a field along San Andreas Road in Watsonville.

And for a while, the city wasn’t sure if it would be able to hold it this year.

“We start planning for these events months in advance,” said Imelda Negrete, recreation superintendent for the Parks and Community Services department.

“We had no idea how things would be right now, and things have been changing every five seconds.”

Due to this uncertainty, organizers

made the decision to scale down this year’s event to make sure they’d have enough employees and be able to keep visitors safe. It will now be held one day instead of two, and without the carnival component.

“But we still wanted to do it … to bring this back to the community,” Negrete said.

“We wanted to give them some sense of normalcy, or as close as we could.” ➝6

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A sweet tradition

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FRESH FROM THE FIELD Strawberries are in season at local farmers markets.

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A SWEET TRADITION

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After California reopened on June 15 the city began planning as quickly as it could, eventually designating outside contractors to lead each group of vendors.

Jesus Madrigal, manager of the Watsonville Farmers Market, will be in charge of the food vendors.

Unlike past years, when local organizations ran the Strawberry Lane booths, Madrigal instead contacted food vendors to man them.

But proceeds of the strawberry treats will still be donated to the nonprofits, Negrete confirmed.

“The money will still benefit the community—just in a different way,” she said.

The Watsonville Strawberry

Festival, which highlights the region’s most famous crop while raising money for local nonprofits, was first held in 1994. Dubbed the Watsonville Strawberry Dessert Festival, it was meant as a way to raise money to help the city recover from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

This year’s event will be held Sunday from 11am to 5pm. In addition to the food booths, there will be artisan vendors (organized by local artist Monica Galvan), live music, a wine and beer garden, pie-eating contests and more.

Watsonville Mayor Jimmy Dutra said he was excited for the festival to come back, no matter the changes.

“Even though it will look a bit different … I hope it gives people the

opportunity to get out and enjoy our community once again,” he said. “I hope to see everyone there.”

Despite the Covid-19 vaccine being readily available to most adults and teens across the country, cases of the Delta variant of the virus have been increasing. Negrete said this is why they are encouraging attendees to don masks when at the festival, especially if they are not vaccinated, plus wash their hands often and stay a safe distance from others.

“We recommend … and ask that people be as careful as possible,” she said.

Dutra urged people to stay safe and remain considerate of other attendees of the event.

“We should understand that we’re still in the midst of a pandemic,” he said. “I hope people are able to enjoy themselves, while still being as safe as possible.”

The city’s Covid-19 vaccine clinic at 250 Main St., will be open for walk-ins during the festival.

Dutra said he is hoping the festival will mark the start of events in the near future.

“This should be a good look into our future,” he said. “Hopefully there will be more to come.”

Added Negrete: “It was really important for us to bring this event back … It’s a Watsonville tradition.”

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he Watsonville Strawberry Festival will feature live music and other special events all day on two stages Aug. 8.

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VALLEY ART Strawberries and apples are highlighted in this mural at the Ramsay Park Family Center.

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The bounty of art New murals around Watsonville celebrate the strawberry

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is part of the ongoing Moveable Murals project taking place around Watsonville.

he final touches on various new strawberry-themed murals in Watsonville have recently wrapped up.

Jessica Carrasco, Mateo Gonzalez (aka Primo) and Paul De Worken have been working over the past few weeks on a massive three-panel wall at Laundry Day near the corner of East Lake Avenue and Brennan Street.

De Worken said the mural design not only celebrates one of Watsonville’s cash crops—strawberries—but also the culture of the farming that revolves around the colorful berries.

Further down Main Street, the

Movable Murals project has made its way to the Ramsay Park Family Center.

Three large panels facing Main Street feature the artwork created by students from Cesar Chavez Middle and Watsonville High schools alongside artists Patricia Sotarello and Sara Webb. The panels are located near Jaime Sanchez’s glass-on-glass mosaic “The Heart is the Community,” which was installed in 2020.

Movable Murals is a project of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council, the City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department and Community Arts and Empowerment, funded by the California Arts Council.

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RICH DESSERT Pajaro Valley strawberries are often so sweet, you barely need to add sugar to this French-style galette.

Pajaro Strawberry Galette

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alettes resemble a giant French pastry.

They are similar to a pie but freed from the pie tin. The rich crust is rolled out and the edges are folded over a combination of slightly

cooked strawberries over frangipane—a sugar, egg and ground nut mixture. It makes an impressive dessert and is a wonderful breakfast pastry the next morning.

The recipe, adapted from Melissa Clark's May 2018 New York Times column, A Good Appetite, is not too difficult. The crust has more than

enough butter and cream cheese to make it easy to roll out. Pajaro Valley strawberries are so sweet that you barely need to add sugar if at all. Every time I have made this recipe, sometimes with other fruits like peaches, I have had trouble with the fruit leaking onto the baking pan even after carefully folding,

pinching the dough and brushing with the egg wash. It helps to use parchment paper to keep the mixture from burning on the pan and you can just cut off the burning ooze along the edge of the crust.

Make the crust. In a bowl or food processor, whisk or pulse flour, salt and sugar. Cut in butter ➝ 15

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STRAWBERRY GALETTE Tom Brezsny’s

Crust:

1 tablespoon brandy

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon lemon or lime zest

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 cup unsalted butter, very cold, and cut into 1-inch square pieces 4 ounces cream cheese, very cold, and cut into 1-inch square pieces 1 teaspoon lemon juice 3-4 tablespoons ice water

Frangipane:

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Compote: 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 3-4 tablespoons granulated sugar to taste

Topping: 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios Demerara, Turbinado or brown sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

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1/2 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

2 eggs

Fresh sliced strawberries

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INGREDIENTS Fresh Pajaro Valley strawberries are a must for this recipe. layers separate. Fold the 3-inch border over onto the compote, folding the dough and leaving about a 6-inch hole in the middle. Pinch the dough to try and make sure the compote and frangipane stays in the dough.

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and cream cheese or pulse with pastry blade until bean-sized pieces form. Sprinkle in lemon juice and then ice water just until the dough comes together. Form into a disk, cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour or up to a day.

Make the compote by putting 2/3 of the fruit in a small saucepan with lemon juice and as much sugar as you need to sweeten the fruit, about 2-4 tablespoons. Bring to a simmer and cook about 12 minutes until the juices are thick and the fruit has just begun to break down. Let cool. Set aside; it can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

Make the frangipane in a food processor or blender. Grind nuts and sugar until finely ground. Add butter and blend until smooth. Add 2 eggs, salt, brandy, lemon zest and mix until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to make the galette.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Flour a work surface and roll out the dough to a 16-inch circle, about 1/8 inch thick. Transfer dough to a baking pan covered with parchment paper.

Leaving a 3-inch border around the edge of the crust, spread the frangipane evenly over the inside.

Using a spoon, drop the peach compote over the frangipane keeping the

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Strawberry virus decline

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RED BEAUTY Strawberries are easy to grow at home due to mild weather.

Multiple viruses can affect production

By KATE RUSSELL

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o, strawberries are not declining in our area. Quite the contrary. Many residents are learning just how easy it is to grow strawberries at home, thanks to our mild winters and sunny summers.

Strawberry virus decline refers to a collection of viral diseases that may reduce or eliminate that delicious crop.

Strawberry viral diseases are odd. If only one disease appears, you won’t see any symptoms and your strawberry plants will be fine, though fruit production may be somewhat reduced. The real problem occurs when a second or third virus infects your strawberry

plants. Suddenly, there’s a flurry of symptoms and little or no fruit production. This set of conditions is called strawberry virus decline.

Most strawberry plants infected by a virus will be stunted; fruit and runner production will be reduced, and leaves may be deformed in some way. Learning to recognize the symptoms of these diseases, and following some simple preventive measures, can help keep your strawberry plants healthy and productive.

Below is a list of the viruses that make up strawberry virus decline and their symptoms: • Strawberry crinkle virus causes smaller fruit, deformed and/ or streaked flower petals, and

crinkled leaves. Vein spotting may also be seen, as well as lesions on petioles (leaf stems) and stolons. Infected plants may appear top heavy.

• Strawberry mild yellow edge virus causes older leaves to turn bright red, but leaves around the crown nearly always exhibit yellow margins or edges; hence the name. These yellowed areas eventually die and turn brown.

Leaf cupping may also occur.

• Strawberry mottle first appears on smaller-than-normal young leaves that may show yellow distorted areas. As the disease progresses, symptoms become more severe, with older leaves turning red.

• Strawberry pallidosis also causes older leaves to turn red or purple.

The roots of infected plants are brittle and show fewer rootlets.

• Strawberry vein banding appears as broken bands of yellow in leaf veins. Infected leaves are significantly smaller than those of healthy plants. The two halves of infected leaves may be held closer together than is normal, and the margins are wavier than normal. Some crinkling of the leaf surface may also occur. As the leaf opens, the bands of yellow become somewhat more obvious. Symptoms appear more strongly in the second and third leaves, but are not likely in later growth.

These diseases are all carried by aphids, except for pallidosis, which is carried by whiteflies. These are difficult pests to control, especially because the very insecticides and insecticidal soaps used to control the pests also harm beneficial pollinators.

Prevent strawberry virus decline in your garden by installing certified disease-free plants, placing new plants in quarantine, and removing plants suspected of being infected.

Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener.

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