PEACH HEIRLOOM TOMATOES are one of the very smallest heirloom varieties. They are a beautiful golden-orange color, have slightly fuzzy skin, and truly outstanding flavor. They are just fuzzy enough to give their skin a matte finish but not nearly as fuzzy as a peach. PEACH HEIRLOOM TOMATOES would be a great addition to an…
All the rumors you’ve heard are true. It is possible to cross a tomato with a bell pepper! Who would want to cross a tomato with a bell pepper? you ask. Well, we should never underestimate the creativity and vision of America’s farmers. These PEPPER TOMATOES have the structural appearance of a blocky-type bell pepper,…
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!
Southern California has many good tomato growers, but one of our favorites is growing these lovely Orange Cherry Tomatoes. Smaller than a true cherry tomato, these organically-grown tomatoes have beautiful true orange color and are very sweet. They are a great alternative to the more common red and yellow tears, and since they are packed…
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!
The deep purplish-crimson-colored BANANA BLOSSOM is used as a vegetable from Sri Lanka to Laos. The flower is borne at the end of the stem. Long, slender, sterile male flowers with a faint sweet fragrance are lined up in tidy rows and protected by large reddish bracts. Higher up the stem are groups of female…
No one tasting Bread Fruit for the first time is likely to dispute that it is an acquired taste (and texture). Bread Fruit is used almost exclusively as a vegetable, generally when wholly or partly green. When completely green, the raw Bread Fruit is hard and starchy, like a raw potato when slightly ripe, the…
‘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…
Sometimes, it’ s a little difficult to work bright green into the color scheme of a presentation. Well, Gold Kiwi brings a completely different color and flavor (beautiful yellow-gold and a bit of a mango taste with hints of melon) to salads and recipes. It is quite sweet, very juicy. Gold Kiwi has a smoother,…
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…
As he searched for an appreciative market for his old variety tree ripe Peaches, David “Mas” Masumoto kept thinking about the Nectarines of his youth. He remembered them as incredibly juicy and intensely flavorful with a great balance of high sugar and high acid. The memory haunted and inspired him. Mas’s late father was pretty…
Everyone knows the story of Jack and the Beanstalk however few people know about the Good Mother Stallard Bean! Glenn Drowns reintroduced this heirloom variety and has brought excitement to cooking with legumes. The pod is a buttercream color and inside rests 3 to 4 beans. The Good Mother Stallard beans are a deep maroon…
The Spitzenburg Apple is aromatic revealing its sweetness simply by holding it up to your nose. Spitzenburgs have a distinctive and persuasive smell when opening the box, slicing, eating and especially when baking the Apple. These Apples are greatly desired for baking pastries and pies because of their rich and sharp sweetness and their fragrance…
The Warren Pear is a deliciously sweet and juicy Pear. This variety was discovered by Thomas Oscar Warren as outside of a post office in Mississippi. The origin prior to his discovery is unknown and people have fallen in love with the delectable flavor and mysterious history. Warren’s are soft and lack the grittiness of…
