Ruby: Sorting an array of strings, in alphabetical order, that includes some arrays of strings

Say I have:

a = ["apple", "pear", ["grapes", "berries"], "peach"]

Where I actually want the items in alphabetical order, with array items being sorted on their first element:

["apple", ["grapes", "berries"], "peach", "pear"]

a.sort_by { |f| f.class == Array ? f.first : f }

a = ["apple", "pear", ["grapes", "berries"], "peach"]
a.map { |e| Array(e).join(", ") }.sort
# => ["apple", "grapes, berries", "peach", "pear"]

a.map { |b| b.is_a?(Array) ? b.join(', ') : b }.sort

# => ["apple", "grapes, berries", "peach", "pear"]

a.sort_by do |f|
  f.class == Array ? f.join : f
end

# => ["apple", ["grapes", "berries"], "peach", "pear"]

Or more concisely:

a.sort_by {|x| [*x].join }

# => ["apple", ["grapes", "berries"], "peach", "pear"]