Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
An Even Bigger Tomato
Forget about the One Ton Tomato. This one outweighs it. 
2 pounds and 3.6 ounces.
The variety is 'Virginia Sweets' and it's new to the garden this year. It looks yellow here, but is really streaked through with red when ripe. There's a little cat-facing on the other side, but I think the whole tomato is sound. I'm gonna give it another day or so before I cut into it, because I've been picking the tomatoes before they're really ripe and before the critters take an interest in them. This is the second or third one I've picked; the first was very cat-faced, but worked out OK when cut up for fresh salsa. I mixed it with many other types of tomato in that salsa, but my first impression was that it was tasty (Virginia Sweets, I mean, although the salsa was tasty too). Further tasting is planned - there are lots of green fruit on this huge plant.
Labels: tomatoes
4 Comments:
Huge !!!!
'Virginia Sweets' is new to me.
Can't wait till you do futher tasting.
Garden Endeavors: I got the seeds from Tomato Growers Supply. The web site said it was new to them this year, but supposed to be an heirloom. The plant is probably the biggest healthiest one this year, but that may have to do with it being where a small compost pile was last year. ;-)
Two pounds of tomato in one skin! I read the next post, so know Sweet Virginia is as good as she is beautiful.
A very nice guy who knows my husband brought us some homegrown tomatoes from North Carolina so we haven't been totally deprived - too bad we ran out before seeing the Indian Railways omelet sandwiches. Philo would love that idea!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Annie: I think that's the last of the big tomatoes for this year.
The Indian Railways Omelet sandwich is good even without tomatoes. (But better with them.) I've been making those sandwiches ever since I read Nupur's blog post.
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