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Market Report
New York City
October 23, 2009

The Market:
Union Square Greenmarket
17th Street and Broadway
New York City
Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Market-Goer
: Mark Thompson








What I Bought:

sugar pears and crab apples (top), rose hips (right) and cranberry beans (below)

Rose hips have a higher concentration of Vitamin C than just about any other plant. They are also a font of unusual food-related trivia. Did you know, for example, that rose hips are one of the healthiest treats for your pet guinea pig or chinchilla? They provide the Vitamin C those critters need without unneeded sugar. Did you know that during World War II, the people of Britain were mobilized to gather wild rose hips and use them to make a Vitamin C syrup for children? Not enough ships carrying citrus fruit from the tropics were getting past German submarines to supply demand on the British Isles .

Rose hips are the seed pods left behind on rose bushes when the flowers have died and all the petals have fallen away. Roses are from the same botanical family as apples, and both the petals and hips are edible. Most varieties of roses produce rose hips, but hips from the Rugusa Rose are said to be best for eating.  



Rose hips can be used in jellies, sauces, soups and for seasoning. Or you can steep a few in boiling water to make rose hip tea. For recipes, click on the link below.

Recipes: What to Do With Rose Hips
Seven Savory Ways to Use Pears

Price: $2.50/lb. for pears and crab apples
$5/bunch for rose hips
$4/lb. for cranberry beans


kabocha squash (right)

Recipes: Kabocha squash soup

Price: $2/each


sweet potatoes and yams

Price: $2.20/lb.


Tokyo turnips

Recipes: Mashed yellow turnips with crispy shallots
Ten turnip recipes

Price: $2/bunch


end of season heirloom tomatoes

Price: $2.50/lb.


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