International tomato

Sold off the pallet

The tomatoes are from Guatemala, the company is in Kingsville, ON, they are on sale at a store in Queens (New York City), the weight is one and one-half pounds, the price is ninety nine cents per box, the sign is a classic.

Produce waste bins

 

Fill 'em up 'n' throw 'em out

At the back of a market, a row just installed and still clean bright orange-red bins stands ready to receive the wasted organic and produce food products.  The chain keeps scavengers from scrounging from the bins.

 

Green onions

 

White onions and their green stalks

 

These neatly trimmed green onions look forward to being part of a tasty meal.

 

 

 

Ripe and ready

 

Close up

There is something that seems unsettling about getting this close and personal with a pineapple. 

Fruity signs

Pick a color, any color!

Colorful descriptions and fanciful fonts entice shoppers to buy fruit at the corner store.

 

White onions

Onions, onions

White onions in the bin at the vegetable stand await a buyer.

Napa and flat

Two of many

The vegetable stand placed these Napa and flat cabbages next to each other; they are two of many cabbage cultivars. 

Sunny turnips

Sunlit turnips

The afternoon sun reveals the imperfections in these turnips.  They do look a little worse for wear, but that does not affect their taste.

n.b.  these are NOT the famous Westport turnips.

 

Green heads

Waiting in the shade

Green cabbages await their fate at the corner fruit and vegetable store.

Located on the south side of the store, the heads are sheltered from direct sunlight by shade from an overhanging roof; sunlight reflected from the sidewalk provides the high light from below.  

Purple heads

Red cabbages

In deep shadow and lit from below by reflected sunlight, these red cabbages present a purple view.

Onions wait

 

 

Onions in a box

 

 Yellow onions in a box at the vegetable store patiently await a buyer.

Carrot color

 

 

 

 

Purple carrot with yellow orange inside

 

Three different carrots

 

Carrots can have different colors and cores.  The purple carrots are considered "eastern" (i.e., from the East - Persia).  Orange carrots are more common.  Even they can have different colored cross sections.

 

P.S.  the orange carrot on the right was the tastiest.