Wow, joining egullet messed up my neck so bad that I just got out of bed yesterday. which meant that I had to send my girlfriend to the Sat. farmer's market, where she was very disturbed that the delicious (but now enormous, and yes, rather bruised) Suncrests I ordered her to buy cost over $20. (We got a lot in order to make ice cream). The beautiful thing about the Berkeley market is that everyone's peaches are organic and cost $3/lb., so you can rule out price when making comparisons -- and I stand by my original estimation of Frog Hollow as usually the best. The bruising depends on the size (bigger ones don't fit into their dividers as well), and variety. Which is why, I suspect, Suncrests are "endangered" or at least on the Slow Food ark. As I noted before, FH has many varieties, and none of the earlier ones were as prone to bruising, this year. I'll try to go tomorrow and report on their condition. Melkor, the Tues. Market is: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Derby Street and ML King, Jr. Way Is it true that the Ferry Plaza people kicked out Niman Ranch because they were too successful? That's annoying.