The ancient Anasazi tribes at Mesa Verde depended on the "three sisters" of agriculture: corn, squash and beans. This week, Colorado's first crops of all three are arriving in Denver.

Sweet corn from Musso Farms in Pueblo is already leaping out of the vegetable bins at Tony's Meats & Deli, 4991 E. Dry Creek Road, Littleton, 303-770-7024.

Rocky Marino of Musso Farms says Tony's will be the only place in Denver receiving the corn for a few weeks, until more of the harvest is ready to pick. Until then, it's also available at the Musso booth at the Pueblo farmers' market.

Heinie's Market, 11801 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge, 303-425-9955, has a similar lock on the sweet-corn crop from Okagawa Farms, in Grand Junction.

Okagawa's Frank Nieslanik says the ears will start arriving this week. Okagawa sells only to Heinie's in the metro area, although the farm's produce also is sold at Spencer's Market in Colorado Springs.

The supply of Colorado green beans, pole beans and summer squash also is starting to trickle into Front Range stores and farmers' markets, but that trickle will turn into a flood before the month is out.

Olathe corn is still a few weeks away, as is corn from Sakata Farms, in Brighton. However, Bob Sakata says his farm has provided virtually all the broccoli that's currently on sale at Safeway and King Soopers.

• Colorado apricots also are plentiful.

"This is the biggest apricot crop I've seen in my life," said Chris Millensted of Toucan Enterprises, in Palisade. "It's fabulous. You always wait for the devil to do his work, but this year he wasn't in the picture. It's just overwhelming to walk through my orchards and see the walls of red fruit."

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