Specific varietals of fruits and vegetables to seek out especially in good grocery stores and farmer's markets in the Bay Area/Northern California:
- lemons: Meyer
- strawberries: Chandler, Seascape, Albion
- tomatoes: Early Girl
- lettuce: Little Gems
- carrots: Nantes
- oranges: mandarins (Kishu, Golden Pixie, Murcott)
- apricot: Royal Blenheim