 The majority of the valley's land was used for growing wheat, chickpeas (hummus), lentils, sunflower, cucumbers, and sometimes a local breed of watermelons which don't grow very large, but are brighter red inside with a thin shell and have few but much-larger-than-usual seeds.The mountain land is usually used to grow trees and vine fruits because of the difficulty with plowing inclined land.The most common are figs, olives, grapes, quince and sumac.