Market Watch: Coachella desert's Valencia Pride and Keitt mangoes have arrived

Customers have been wondering for weeks when they'd show up, and now Wong Farms' desert mangoes, among the most exotic and eagerly sought fruits grown in California, are back at the Wednesday Santa Monica farmers market. Juicy, sweet and aromatic, they're expensive and tricky to obtain, but worth it for diehard mango lovers.

By David Karp, Special to the Los Angeles Times

August 13, 2010