Stag Run Farm changes up the game through their purple asparagus

With a hint of warm weather, the sun wasn't the only thing popping out. 

Stag Run Farms in Georgetown saw one of their crops finally sprout, after they planted it four years ago. 

It's purple asparagus; the first of its kind in the first state. 

Owner, Lenore Brady, tells 47 ABC that they're trying to be unique and competitive, "We're trying to be a niche farm, we're trying to get product and produce that no one else is growing right now. We're also the third biggest asparagus producer as far as I understand in the state."

But what's so different from green and purple asparagus? Purple asparagus is actually higher in anti-oxidants. It's also high in Vitamin C and protein. We're told it has a more fruity flavor, so it's a little bit more mild than the green asparagus and it has a sweeter taste.

But what's not so sweet is the business itself: it's tough work.

"It's labor intensive, there's not a lot of machinery that you can use to do it, you rely on hands, hands and back. If you look at our new field of purple asparagus, it's already 4 years old and we're just going to get our first harvest so you have a lot of time, money, and work tied up before you make any money on it," owner Craig Brady tells us. 

But Stag Run Farm took on the challenge in order to provide unique crops just like the purple asparagus for Delmarva.

We're told they are trying to get the purple asparagus to the farmers markets as quickly as possible, but their ability to do that is effected by the weather.

Regardless, they tell us, they hope to have a couple hundred pounds to test the market.

But they're not just about purple veggies at Stag Run Farm, they also work hard to produce fruit by being the newest orchard in the state. 

However this year they're running into some problems. This past winter was rough on the bees that help pollinate the orchard. 

In fact, it was so bad that up to 20 hives may have been damaged.

We're told they are still trying to figure out how many they'll have left once the weather improves. But they are ordering new hives for their orchards, so they should be okay for the upcoming season.

To find their products, you can catch them at various farmers markets in Ocean Pines, Rehoboth Beach, and Milton.