Monthly Archives: July 2009

Gold Dust Ripens!

Isn’t she lovely?  Though a little dusty, she’s still beautiful.  If only she’s as tasty as ‘Black Krim’ or as sweet as ‘Sun Gold’… However, ‘Gold Dust’ has firm flesh when ripe.  She’ll make a good stuffing tomato.  Perfect for … Continue reading

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Black Krim

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Territorial Seed Company: Cuore Di Bue

My Favorite Tomato! This Italian heirloom has a very interesting shape and from what I have read so far, it is quite a celebrity in Italy to this day.   Hopefully it turns some color before we leave for vacation!

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Chocolate Cherry

Edited to add photo of CC with SG for size reference. Small clusters of Chocolate Cherry (CC) tomatoes started ripening last week and I have been too impatient to take photos before devouring the little morsels.  These babies are a … Continue reading

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Matina

My earliest tomato is Matina.  My first ripe on the vine cluster was harvested in June, beating Sun Gold a by whole month!  It’s a beautiful plant to grow with deep green potato leaves.  So far, as the catalog promised, … Continue reading

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Sugar Snack

Photo above is from a small cluster at the base of the plant.  I counted the fruits in one cluster and it has THIRTY (30)!  Let’s see if the local squirrels and blue jays leave some for me.

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Ananas Noire

Getting inside my tomato jungle is getting harder by the day.  Discovering something so beautiful hidden in my tomato forest is something else!  What an amazing surprise:  a tomato bigger than the palm of my hand is growing all this … Continue reading

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Green Zebra

Not ruining this for most people since this is a high-regarded variety, I shall keep my note to NEUTRAL for now. This is one of the first varieties I planted and I have yet to harvest a fruit (90 days … Continue reading

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Sun Gold

If there is something this variety accomplishes daily for the last week or so, it is wetting my appetite for bigger, juicier tomatoes.  Although it has not been as prolific as I’d hope or as the description promised, I take … Continue reading

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