Al's Fruit Stop in Geyserville

Got a late start Friday afternoon and wondered where I might find some fresh produce when the other stands had closed for the night. I've bypassed the multi-signed van parked off 101 on the south access road to Geyserville but this time decided to stop.

This was a good move. I needed some slicing tomatoes and found "Celebrity" here, grown organically in a Geyserville garden for $1.50 per pound. Al threw in the one heirloom he had left at the end of the day. I also got some locally grown lemon cucumbers, four left in the bin for a buck.

Al told me his van is here six days a week. On Mondays he drives over the hill to get melons from Winters and pistachios in Arbuckle. He said he buys direct from family farms and doesn't sell brokered fruit.

Image of Al's fruit van -
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