Slow to mature and expensive to buy.

Medicinal root worth waiting for; good for the liver, spleen, and kidneys.

A fitting name for a buttery, sweet lettuce.

You can harvest at anytime, but devlop more sweetness if left until the vines die.

Ready to harvest when they turn a peanut color and the stem is brown.

Nopal cactus or prickly pear.

Prickly Pear called Tuna in Spanish

Beautiful bright yellow hybrid melons from Asia.

Don't harvest too early or they won't be sweet enough

Cape Gooseberry or Inca Berry

Incredible citrus has bright pink flesh that is sweet and colorful.

Big vegetable with even bigger flavor.

Tropical tree and a relative of the mango

Tropical shrub that tastes like cranberries.

Carnival squash was developed to improve the sweet dumpling squash.

Orange, golden, or purple. There is an incredible variety of carrots.

Small to medium in size, with a thick, tough, rind

Grown in tropical climates on a tree

Cauliflower comes in many colors; purple, orange, green, and white

Celeriac is also known as celery root.

Celery is finicky and can be a challenge to grow.