Sunday, March 13, 2005

The great tomato plant-in

Okay, after much deliberation, we decided only to jettison ONE of our "I accidently ended up with 8" tomato purchases — The Brown Berry (no offense to any peoples of brown skin tones..) Here they are, with descriptions (all but one taken from theHeirloom Tomatoes of Texas website. Start pre-requesting your share of summer's tomato overload now. Grown in Farmer M's garden last year -- these guys were HUGE and very, very tasty: Brandywine OTV — 85 Ind. Expect greater, more reliable yields from this variety. This cross originated between Yellow Brandywine and an unknown red. The results are large red fruit of great flavor and balance, born freely from hardy plants. A personal favorite. Marvel Striped — 95 Ind. Oaxaca, Mexico offers us this favorite for its beauty, size, and taste. Large fruit, some say the largest bi-color, are yellow-orange, streaked with ruby red, and are filled with fruity-sweet flavor. Delicious. Good yields on vigorous plants. New to us this year: Dona — 65 Ind. Fantastic yields of 6oz. wonderfully flavored fruit are slightly flattened and contain a perfect blend of sugar and acid flavor. These are large, vigorous plants that yield heavy, so give them good support. A long-time favorite tomato of our good friend Bob Webster. (Hybrid) Hillbilly — 85 Ind. Originally from Virginia, this beauty offers us huge fruit of up to 2 lbs. The yellow-orange fruit have a red mottling. The flesh is also streaked with red. Considered one of the best tasting of the bi-colors, very sweet and fruity. Stupice — 52 Ind. A Czech. Heirloom with potato leafed foliage bears an early abundance of very sweet, flavorful little 2-3" deep red fruit. This variety has won first place for flavor and production at tasting events. Offered, by special request. Early Girl — 52 days. Indeterminate Comes in first as an early slicing tomato and our customers’ favorite early variety. Dependable large harvests of flavorful, solid 4 to 6 oz. fruit. Disease resistance is good, contributing to its excellent performance in almost any climate. A proven variety for delicious, early tomatoes. Cherokee Purple — 80 Ind. Of Cherokee decent, this variety was introduced prior to 1890 in Tennessee. These large plants can offer up to 12oz. rosy-pink-purple, o.k., black fruit with deep brick red, richly flavored flesh. I have been growing this special variety in my gardens since day one.

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At 2:29 PM, Blogger bunny said...

Wyatt and I pruned at his marmee's yesterday. Bert had a gorgeous camellia bush that she didn't take care of this winter, plus she's got a wonderful gardenia that's needed pruning for some time. They've also been overrun in honeysuckle over the past few years, so he helped me pull some of that as well. He loved it.

 

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