Different varietals are grown such as arboussane, arbequine, rougette or picholine.

Summer varieties are called “open field”, such as batavias, or “fat lettuce” such as sucrine or redness.

The varieties selected, Picholine, Négrette and Rougette-de-l’Ardèche, are all local and are mixed with ten or so other varieties in order to maintain biodiversity.

Finally, if you wish to only plant one tree, the most common self-pollinating varieties are ‘aglandau’, ‘amygdalolia’, ‘frangivento’, ‘cayon’, ‘grossanne’, or ‘poumal rougette of Ardèche’.

This market also has an extensive fresh seafood market featuring the largest shrimp (Cameroon) and lobsters to be found in Dakar as well as grouper (called thiouf), red snapper (called rougette), organic chicken (free range from farms) and meat.