Thursday, October 30, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Tomatoes
On Sept. 26 I took this picture. I cut up and froze the ones in the bowl that day, and ripened the others to eat/freeze a few days later. I thought I knew what the names of all these varieties were, but thanks to Google Image I found out I was quite mistaken. I guess that is what I get for planting everything so close together. Note to self: don't do that again! The following pictures will enlighten us a little on what these are really called. I'll be adding flavor info, and who liked what after I talk to everyone about it:
San Marzano Roma
3-4" long fruits. Very high producing heirloom Roma tomato. We got approximatly 200 fruits off of two plants during the whole summer. These were on the side of the house.
Terilynn says they are good in her stir fry, but doesn't like to eat them plain (with vinegar, of course). Prone to disease, but we carefully removed the effected bottom leaves as fruit was just beginning to set. The plants endured!
Oregon Spring
2.5" fruits. I think we got about 50-60 from a few plants, I'll have to check on that.
Crimson Beefsteak
Small, 2" fruits. Heirloom. I thought this was Oregon Spring. Oops. These seem to be quite acidic for me. I think we got 20-30 this season off of 2 plants. I believe this was the variety I had to remove on of because of disease early in the season, just before they started to set fruit. So it was probably 20-30 from one plant.
Cherokee Purple
Large 4-5 inch fruits. Heirloom. I thought these were Crimson Beefsteak. Mild flavor, everyone likes them a lot.
Homestead
Medium, 3" fruits. Hi producing-200 harvested just before frost from 4 plants. These were on the side of the house.
Picture to come...here's someone else's for now
Amana Orange
Large 4" fruits. I think we got 40 or more of these from 3 plants.
San Marzano Roma
3-4" long fruits. Very high producing heirloom Roma tomato. We got approximatly 200 fruits off of two plants during the whole summer. These were on the side of the house.
Terilynn says they are good in her stir fry, but doesn't like to eat them plain (with vinegar, of course). Prone to disease, but we carefully removed the effected bottom leaves as fruit was just beginning to set. The plants endured!
Oregon Spring
2.5" fruits. I think we got about 50-60 from a few plants, I'll have to check on that.
Crimson Beefsteak
Small, 2" fruits. Heirloom. I thought this was Oregon Spring. Oops. These seem to be quite acidic for me. I think we got 20-30 this season off of 2 plants. I believe this was the variety I had to remove on of because of disease early in the season, just before they started to set fruit. So it was probably 20-30 from one plant.
Cherokee Purple
Large 4-5 inch fruits. Heirloom. I thought these were Crimson Beefsteak. Mild flavor, everyone likes them a lot.
Homestead
Medium, 3" fruits. Hi producing-200 harvested just before frost from 4 plants. These were on the side of the house.
Picture to come...here's someone else's for now
Amana Orange
Large 4" fruits. I think we got 40 or more of these from 3 plants.
The Count is In...
Here's what 163 various tomatoes look like sitting on my piano and hanging above it. I don't know the weight and I couldn't keep track of which was which because they were all growing together. But for my records the varieties are: Amana Orange, Crimson Beefsteak, Better Boy, Oregon Spring, and Cherokee Purple.
But here is what 200 Homestead tomatoes weighing 32 pounds looks like.
And here is what 182 heirloom Roma tomatoes weighing 20 pounds looks like.
In case you are wondering why they are green... there have been rumors in the east of a shadow growing, a snow storm to be exact. We'll be ripening the tomatoes inside. Then I will attempt my first canning project. With the help of my mother thankfully.Canning is to happen week after next. Let's hope it goes well.
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