Exotic, Redefined

Green beans that grow a yard long and also come in purple; melons that look like spiny cucumbers and when ripe turn bright orange, with huge pomegranate-red seeds; squash that can be eaten like zucchini when it's young or used as a bath sponge later — can this really be a farm in Fresno?

By Russ Parsons

August 25, 2004