pineapple, brandywine, red and green zebra tomatoes

Price: $3-3.50/lb.

(left to right) Osborn, yellow kadota, brown turkey and black mission figs

Recipes: Five ways to preserve fresh figs
Recipes for fresh fig cookies, a cake and a tartlet

Price: $4/lb.

an assortment of eggplant varieties

Recipes: Seven eggplant recipes from around the world

Price: $1.50-2/lb.

okra, purple tomatillos and basil

Price: $1/bunch of basil
$3/lb. for okra
$2/lb. for tomatillos

an assortment of peaches, nectarines, plums and pluots

Price: $2/lb.

white cap, cranberry and coco robaca beans

Price: $2/lb.

(right to left) sweet Anaheim, yellow and red bell peppers, passillo chili
Price: $1.50/lb.

(top, left to right) Asian pears, jujubes, Hass avacadoes (right, left to right) red flame and concord grapes  The jujube was first popularized in California by rare fruit hobbyists. It is widely used in Asia. Price: $1.50 for four avocadoes $2/lb. for Asian pears, jujubes and grapes