LOCAL FOODS IN SEASON

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER

FRUITS

Apples • Asian Pears • Avocados • Blackberries** • Cactus Pears • Dates Feijoas**** • Figs • Guavas**** Kiwis • Kumquats • Lemons • Limes*** Mandarins**** • Melons • Nectarines** • Oranges • Peaches* • Pears Persimmons • Plums • Pluots • Pomegranates • Pomelos**** • Quince Raspberries • Strawberries

Vegetables

Beans • Beets • Bok Choy* • Broccoli • Brussels Sprouts* • Burdock • Cabbages Carrots • Cauliflowers* • Celeriac • Celery • Chard • Collards • Corn • Cress Cucumbers • Dandelions • Eggplants • Endive • Fennel • Garlic • Herbs Horseradish • Kale • Leeks • Lettuces • Mustard Greens • Okra • Olives • Onions Orach • Parsnips • Peas • Pea Shoots • Peppers • Potatoes • Radishes • Rhubarb Rutabagas*** • Salsify • Scallions • Shallots • Spinach • Sprouts • Squash, Summer and Winter • Sunchokes • Sweet Potatoes • Tomatillos • Tomatoes • Turnips

NUTS

Almonds • Hazelnuts • Pecans • Pistachios • Walnuts

Seafood

Abalone • Halibut, Calif. • Lingcod • Rock Cod/Rockfish • Sablefish, aka Black Cod Sanddabs • Sole • Sea Bass, White • Spot Prawns • Squid, Market • Tuna, Albacore

* = September only ** = Only through October ***= October and beyond All fish listed are rated “Best Choice” or “Good Alternative” by the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program.