Wow, I haven’t posted almost the entire peak season…but here’s what’s been keeping me away:
Clockwise, from upper left: Costoluto Genovese, Sriped German, Rutgers, Cherokee Purple, Striped German.
You’d think that with a title like Jerzeetomato, we’d be posting constantly as the crop started to come in. In fact we’ve been slacking off and enjoying our tomatoes. And we haven’t even gotten to The Inundation yet. But, no. We’re slackers. Here are some photos of the early crop.
Assorted Cherries, (Sungold, Chocolate Cherry and Little Red)
Big Beef and Cherokee Purple:
While we didn’t grow any of these this year, we will have to next year, obviously. Today’s NYT has a interesting look at the myth of the Jersey Tomato.
At 6:29 ET on July 6th the first tomato of the year was tasted by Segundo who pronounced the tomato as tasting like “a tomato”.
Primo declared it “sweet”.
For the record they were Sungold Cherries.
NJ has been cleared as being the source of salmonella in the recent outbreak. We’re not surprised. Our tomatoes are superior.
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