I gave a run down last year on the tomatoes we planted, so I think it’s only fitting to give this year’s crop its props. Here we go, in no particular order:
Gardener’s Delight: (heirloom) Small and grows in bunches; very sweet. They are also very productive.
Great White Beefsteak: (heirloom) Last year we got a plant from our neighbor, who thought she forgot seed them this year. Luckily, she was wrong. We have at least two in the garden. Mild, sweet and has meat that can look like a peach.
Caro red: (heirloom) Another, “Opps, I forgot seed this”, but “wrong”! We ate the first one last night and it was delicious.
Cornue des Andes: (heirloom) Shaped like peppers, these tomatoes turn bright red and can be pretty heavy. An excellent sauce and cooking tomato, but a little too mealy to eat raw.
Noir de Crimee: (heirloom) From the “purple” tomato family. Excellent raw, thin skin, and lots of meat.
Prince Noir: (heirloom) Another purple tomato, but smaller than the Noir de Crimee. Rich and sweet.
Roma: Well-known Italian tomato use for sauces. Many of my Roma seedlings got sick, so we only have two plants that I am fiercely coddling.
Russian: (heirloom) This is a very large, tasty, and juicy tomato. These seedlings fared well, so we have many in the garden.
Beefsteak: Classic round, and red. This doesn’t have as much character as some of the other tomatoes, but it works when mixed in sauces.
Tomatillos: This green Mexican tomato is used to make salsa verde. I don’t like them raw in salads, which is how Christophe ate them until I came along. They are very rustic and grow well with other plants. I’ve never seeded them; they sprout from fallen fruit the previous year.
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