Summer calls to mind cherries, peaches, strawberries, and so many more beautiful fruits. At some of the best Southern California farmers markets, you’ll also find Ha’s Apple Farm. This revered Tehachapi farm from South Korea born Kyung Ha and husband David dates to 1984. The couple has become best known for their apples, with a sterling reputation extending well beyond Kern County. They grow other fruits like peaches and jujubes.

Ha’s Apple Farm also grows large purple Kyoho grapes that are famously sweet. Sadly, it’s a short season for Kyoho grapes, but the Ha family has figured out how to make the flavor linger just a little bit longer. These famed Japanese hybrids apparently originated in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture in 1937. The name translates from Japanese as “giant mountain grapes,” an apt description.

At the Saturday morning Pasadena Farmers Market outside Pasadena High School, I found jars of prized Kyoho grape juice ($5 for 8 ounces) at the Ha’s Apple Farm stand. This juice, if left unadulterated, would deliver some seriously bold sips. The employee suggested diluting the juice with 50% sparkling water. Fizzy effervescence from my SodaStream helped the flavor of grape jelly to reach even the darkest recess of my mouth.