Recent rain has perked up local produce. Squash, eggplant, cucumbers and tomatoes are peaking at farmers markets. With a glut of tomatoes, look for lots of deals.

BEST BUYS

Black Krim and Brandywine heirloom tomatoes

Crimson sweet and star light watermelon, seeded

Organic purple and yellow wax beans

Gold zucchini and pattypan squash

Pickling and slicing cucumbers

Georgia peaches

Snowy and Rosa Bianca eggplant

LOOKING GOOD

Local organic bicolor sweet corn

Fingerling, Rose Finn, huckleberry red potatoes

Haricots verts, locally grown

Cantaloupe

Red torpedo and yellow sweet onions

PRICES GOING UP

Blueberries

West Coast bell peppers

IFFY

Avocados

Grapefruit

Lettuces

Cherries

SEAFOOD

This is the peak season for Alaskan wild halibut and several varieties of fresh, wild salmon: sockeye, king and silverbrite.

Local farmers markets are offering yellow and wax beans, haricots verts, bicolor sweet corn, heirloom tomatoes, red torpedo onions, fingerling potatoes, zucchini and sunburst summer squash, white eggplant, sweet and hot banana peppers, okra, arugula and a fleshy, summer spinach called Malabar.