Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Sunday, July 26, 2009
First Real Tomato of the Year
...and what became of it...
The variety was 'Bloody Butcher'(the smaller ones on the plate are 'Matt's Wild Cherry'). I should have waited a few more days - the tennis-ball-size tomato was not quite fully ripe, but it was still tasty. We were just over-eager for the first fresh salsa of the year. Lots more to come, I hope.
But while we're talking about salsa, I want to put in a good word for the 'Bulgarian Carrot' pepper. I'm growing it for the first time this year and I'm so impressed with it. The plant is loaded with peppers and they are hot. It's hard to get a good hot pepper this early, even in a normal year, and worse this year when it's been so cold. When we get some really ripe tomatoes, they'll make a great combination.
4 Comments:
Yep, we picked ours too early as well!
When I read the name it made me think of Sweeney Todd - guess if it turns out to be a really good tomato that Bloody Butcher name will be easier to remember when you're looking at the seed catalogs, Entangled!
Hope they come rolling in now!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Tabor: The waiting is the hardest part...
Annie: Bloody Barber? :-) It is kind of an off-putting name. It's supposed to have dark red tasty fruit. I'll definitely be more patient before I pick/eat the next one. Striped Roman is probably going to be the next to ripen.
That looks delicious! It has been a long old wait of horrible supermarket tomatoes over Winter. Now we are back in heaven again. Bon Apetite!
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