Keitt mangoes grown by Wong Farms in Mecca, Calif., near the North Shore of the Salton Sea, at the Long Beach Southeast farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Kyoho grapes grown in Bakersfield, sold by David Ha at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Thompson Seedless grapes grown by Peacock Family Farms in Dinuba, Calif., at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Calimyrna and Black Mission figs from the second crop, grown by Murray Family Farms in Arvin, Calif., at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Magenta-fleshed pitahaya, spineless cactus fruit, grown in De Luz (Fallbrook, Calif.), sold by Pedro Gallardo at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Black Krim tomatoes grown by Elser’s Country Farm in Yucaipa, Calif., on sale at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
A vendor sets up an impressive display of eggplant and peppers grown in Dinuba at the Peacock Family Farms stand at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Fordhook lima beans, grown by McGrath Family Farms in Camarillo, tempt buyers at the Hollywood farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Manuel Buenrostro of Riverside-based Menos Farms sells a wide range of vegetables at the La Cienega farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Watermelons grown by Gama Farms in Arvin, for sale at the La Cienega farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Gold River melons grown in Bakersfield and sold by Ha Apple Farm at the La Cienega farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Lady Nancy white peaches, which are white except for a narrow band of gold skin and flesh along the suture, arose from a bud mutation of Jerseyqueen in the 1980s; this fruit was sold by John Hurley, of Dinuba-based Summer Harvest Farms, at the Santa Monica Saturday (Organic) farmers market. Hurley has been calling them Gold Line peaches. (David Karp / For The Times)
Black Mission figs grown by Pudwill Farms in Nipomo, Calif., at the Santa Monica (Organic) farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Padron peppers grown by Weiser Family Farms, which farms in Lucerne Valley, Tehachapi and Edison, for sale at the Santa Monica (Organic) farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
Spicy Thai chile peppers grown by Laney Villalobos in Pauma Valley, at the Santa Monica Saturday (Organic) farmers market. (David Karp / For The Times)
