Stalls at West Hollywood farmers market sell basics and exotics

Written By kolimtiga on Jumat, 20 September 2013 | 23.50

The West Hollywood farmers market has served its community well for more than 25 years by sticking to the basics.

It's average in size, with a good balance of 18 farmers and 12 non-agricultural food vendors. Set in a parking lot at the northern end of Plummer Park, it counts Russian babushkas and professionals among its customers and presents them with an equally diverse array of offerings, from gold-standard farms such as Harry's Berries and Tenerelli to several vendors who have recently been cited by agricultural authorities for selling purchased produce as their own. The market generally is well managed but could be improved if the city exercised more oversight.

Koreen and David Strandberg of Crown 12 Ranch, who have been selling at the market for a quarter century, grow several rare, historic varieties of citrus special to Corona. They have Shambar grapefruit, a pink mutation of Marsh White discovered in 1936 (when citrus still blanketed the foothills) that colors and holds remarkably well on the tree, getting sweeter without getting puffy. Their lemons are Villafranca, a minor variety of Sicilian origin that found its way to California in the late 19th century and was once widely grown in Corona; now in the silver stage, intermediate between green and yellow, it's similar to Eureka, but with a thinner skin.

The Strandbergs also have heirloom Spanish Sweet (a.k.a. Papershell) pomegranates, which look scruffy in their light skins but have extraordinarily sweet pink arils containing very soft seeds. Their Angel Red pomegranates are of recent origin but are also pleasingly flavorful and soft-seeded.

Hass avocados from warm inland areas are over-mature by now, but in a week or two the Strandbergs will start bringing their new crop of Teague, an early-ripening, green-skinned cross of Duke and Fuerte named after Crawford Teague, a Corona grower and nurseryman. They also sell at both Torrance markets and at Riverside (Arlington).

J&J Farm of Santa Maria, where it rarely gets much hotter than 70 degrees, is a reliably honest source for crops that require cool temperatures, such as broccoli, cauliflower and celery.

Gama Farms of Arvin brings its trademark medley of eggs, potatoes and onions, along with Crimson and Autumn Royal grapes, two standard varieties with mild, sweet flavor that are in prime season now.

Tenerelli has Red September nectarines, the last good yellow variety of the season, and will start bringing Fairtime, a 50-year-old yellow peach, derived from Rio Oso Gem, that is a longtime standard for the late season from the high desert.

West Hollywood farmers market, Fountain Avenue at Vista Street, Mondays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

food@latimes.com


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