i'm glen ikeda from ikeda's in auburn. today we're gonna be talkin' about the triple as--asparagus, avocados, and artichokes. artichokes, 90% grown in the monterey county. we have different varieties of artichokes. one is the red artichoke, thornless. actually after you cook these artichokes, the red unfortunately disappears, but still a wonderful artichoke to eat. the most popular of the artichokes is the globe artichoke. the globe artichoke has the thorns, so be careful of the thorns, because when you pick these up, they can be lethal. how do you pick the perfect artichoke? you want the leaves to be tight around the globe, you want the stem to be large, and you want the artichoke to be definitely dark green. here in front of us, we have the asparagus that was picked before it comes out of the earth. therefore, we have the asparagus that have--doesn't have the nice purple-green color. and then we go into, when it comes out, 9-inch shoots. we have the asparagus, a large size and the standard size. lot of people wanna know