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What’s in Season: Summer

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Apples

These cultimated fruits and vegetables grow in the Valley in the greatest abundance between May and September. Look for the fruit, corn and tomatoes earlier in the season and heat-tolerant vegetables and herbs throughout the summer.

For hints and recipe links, see Stone Fruit, Figs, Corn and Tomatoes.

Wild/foraged foods in season during the summer include:
  • Desert Gooseberry
  • Desert Hackberry
  • Ironwood flowers and pods
  • Mesquite pods
  • Mushrooms
  • Prickly pear pads and fruit
  • Quelites
  • Saguaro fruit

Apricots

Artichokes

Basil

Black-eyed peas

Photo 1: Apricots
Photo 2: Artichokes
Photo 3: Basil
Photo 4: Black-eyed peas


Chiles

Corn

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Photo 1: Chiles
Photo 2: Corn
Photo 3: Cucumbers
Photo 4: Eggplant


Figs

Garlic

Green beans

Melons

Photo 1: Figs
Photo 2: Garlic
Photo 3: Green beans
Photo 4: Melons


Okra

Onions

Peaches

Peppers

Photo 1: Okra
Photo 2: Onions
Photo 3: Peaches
Photo 4: Peppers


Pinto beans

Potatoes

Rosemary

Squash blossoms

Photo 1: Pinto beans
Photo 2: Potatoes
Photo 3: Rosemary
Photo 4: Squash blossoms


Sunflowers

Tomatoes

Watermelon

Zucchini

Photo 1: Sunflowers
Photo 2: Tomatoes
Photo 3: Watermelon
Photo 4: Zucchini

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