Baby Zucchini with Flowers are one of the most impressive and readily available specialty items. These female blossoms are larger than the male blossoms, which do not have the 8 attached. The male flowers are usually pan-fried or deep-fried, while these are best suited to stuffing and they create a lovely splash of color in…
Also known as Po Qwa, Pul Qua and Wee Lo Swa, Bottle Gourds are used as a vegetable while still immature. Treat them as a winter squash. If very fresh, they will keep as long as a month. To use, peel and scoop out the seeds, and cut as desired or cut in half, remove…
Calabaza (abobora, ahuyama, crapaudback, Cuban squash, giraumon, toadback, West Indian pumpkin, zapallo) is a very large, spherical or slightly pear-shaped squash with a fine-grained orange-colored flesh and a flavor similar to that of a pumpkin but moister and sweeter. Calabaza is popular throughout the Caribbean as well as Central and South America. This sweet hard…
This plump, sweet vegetable has many monikers. In most of the U.S. it is called chayote, but the Aztecs who first cultivated it called it chayotl. It is christophene or brionne in the West Indies, chochoute in Madagascar, xuxu in Brazil and pepinella, mirliton or vegetable pear in other parts of the world. And as…
Jolly Tomatoes are a low-acid Japanese variety. Their color is light red, both inside and out…typical of Japanese tomatoes. They have good flavor and every golf ball size Jolly has a little point at the blossom end of the 8. They are lovely, and their color and size contrasts nicely with other small tomatoes. Jollys…
Over the past couple of years, heirloom tomatoes have experienced a real surge in popularity, but there are very few heirlooms with small size. Maybe that’s because there are plenty of small tomatoes that have great flavor, even though they’re not heirlooms. This mixed pack of small tomatoes includes red and yellow tears, red and…
Our Vine Ripe Red Tomatoes are fresh from the Farmers’ Market, we pick them up just days after they are picked from the vine. Note that the mix varieties with change from week to week depending on which varieties are ripe, but there will always be a nice mix of colors! The Mixed Heirloom Tomato…
Grown in Arizona from Holland seed, these ORANGE CLUSTER TOMATOES are a great deal. Their quality is excellent and their color is a welcome change from red and yellow tomatoes.
This blushing heirloom tomato, said to have been grown by the Cherokees, has roots that date back to at least 1890. With skin that ranges to dusky rose to deep burgundy, and a brick red interior, the Cherokee purple is one of the most full flavored of the large heirlooms available. Its delicate taste is…
They’ re back! Yay! Very small and super sweet, these little Sun Babies have deep orange color, and since they are vine-ripe, lots of flavor!
These little yellow tomatoes have all the sweet flavor of the more commonly available red variety, with a nice, bright color. Good alternative to Yellow Tears!
‘He was a brave man who first ate an oyster’, goes the old saying. Well, a man that brave pales in comparison to the man who first ate a DURIAN. Banned from most airlines for their sewer-reminiscent odor, durians originated in Malaysia or Borneo and have always been considered, for reasons beyond our ken, an…
This beautiful Passion Fruit variety is very similar to the common Purple variety. It doesn’t wrinkle up when it’ s ripe but its pulp is rich, sweet, tangy and flavorful…like a tropical real fruit Sweet Tart!
Jack Fruit originated in India and is the world’ s largest tree fruit, and can weigh up to 40 kilograms. The skin of the fruitis light green, deepening to yellow-brown when ripe, and covered in hard, knobby spines. Inside, the fruit is divided into numerous segments (pericarps) which are encased in stringy, white tissue of…
Native to China, India and Indonesia, Carambola is also known as starfruit, thanks to its appearance when sliced cross-wise. The preferred way of eating them in tropical countries is half-ripe, dipped into or lightly sprinkled with salt. The Carambola’ s skin is very thin and shiny, and the fruit needs only to be washed, not…
One taste of these small Tahitian Pineapples sent us scrambling for our refractometer. Our palates were dead on…these little gems registered a strong 16. Flown to us from Tahiti via New Zealand, these Pineapples will have you reaching for sunscreen, and a second helping. Tahitian Pineapples are so sweet that they are best appreciated when…
Two schools of thought have emerged regarding the origin of watermelon: Some historians posit India as the place of origin, and others believe this very popular melon is native to Africa. Yellow Seedless Watermelon have bright yellow flesh and a more delicate (some might say dull) flavor than the red-fleshed varieties. Like all seedless watermelon…
A native of the Japanese island Okinawa, the Okinawa Sweet Potato with its light brown skin and unusual purple flesh is richly nutritious and surprisingly sweet. Scientifically classified as a yam, this root vegetable is a staple among the people of Okinawa and Hawaii, and has surpassed the popularity of the ordinary yam due to…
Torpedo Onions received their name from their elongated bulb, resembling a torpedo. They are a sweet onion that comes from the Mediterranean and is very popular for Italian cuisine. The bulb is reddish-purple and has a mildly sweet flavor and tender texture. This variety is great eating raw and when cooked the Torpedo Onion is…
Please allow us to quote from Alan Susser’ s The Great Citrus Book: “ Meiwa is the best kumquat for fresh, out-of-hand eating, where the rind is consumed along with the flesh… The Meiwa is large, round, and plump with a lemon-hued, tart-tasting flesh. Its golden orange rind is smooth and tender and is rich…