I have to do some work on my raised veggie beds, so I'm not growing full sized tomatoes this year, but I have a cherrry tomato plant, and two miniature pear tomato plants growing in the herb beds. They've been producing regularly, and this is one day's harvest.
In the middle of winter, I long for the scent of summer tomatoes. I love the warm, ripe texture of a summer tomato. There is no taste quite like it. The next best thing is the taste of a cherry tomato....that burst of flavor that pops in your mouth as you bite into them.
These cherry tomatoes are Sweet 100, but next year I'm going to look for a variety that has more acid, and is marginally larger. Yum! I can hardly wait!
Comments (12)
I can taste them just looking at your photo. Wonderful!!
Posted by Cop Car | August 24, 2005 11:24 PM
Posted on August 24, 2005 23:24
They're the perfect finish for a salad, and the red ones work in the Farmer's Tomato Pie that I've been rambling on about.
Posted by Buffy | August 24, 2005 11:37 PM
Posted on August 24, 2005 23:37
I could have a bowl of tomatoes that looked like that - if you sent me about 30 tomatoes (I think I might be able to pick one this evening or tomorrow, so that will help fill the bowl - not).
Just go ahead and rub it in!
Posted by bogie | August 25, 2005 4:15 AM
Posted on August 25, 2005 04:15
Uh...Bogie--Let's hope that Buffy cleans up your typo! Great way to start the day.
Posted by Cop Car | August 25, 2005 9:00 AM
Posted on August 25, 2005 09:00
Just for you, Cop Car.....I was rather enjoying loosing my title as the Typo Queen! lol
Posted by Buffy | August 25, 2005 9:56 AM
Posted on August 25, 2005 09:56
They look lovly. I am interested to see the yellow ones. I know that one can grow yellow tomatoes but only red ones tend to sell in the shops. We're a traditional nation.
Posted by Adele | August 25, 2005 10:37 AM
Posted on August 25, 2005 10:37
It seems that the grape tomatoes are very popular in our stores, but they are too sweet to my taste. I prefer the sharper tomato flavor of the cherry tomatoes. At one time you could get the yellow miniature pear tomatoes at the store, but the general public must not have liked them.
Posted by Buffy | August 25, 2005 1:36 PM
Posted on August 25, 2005 13:36
I grow the yellow, miniature pear tomatoes from seeds given me by Georgia, at work. (None this year, though) I really, really like them. Hunky Husband won't touch a yellow tomato, of any sort (I grew large, yellows last year). He says that if it's yellow, it isn't a tomato! My paternal grandmother preferred yellow ones because she thought them easier on her ulcer. Obviously, anything that she served, I learned to eat (if I failed to, Elder Brother would eat it and I would go hungry! That happened with oatmeal--once! And with stewed tomatoes--once! Now, I really enjoy them both.)
Posted by Cop Car | August 25, 2005 8:18 PM
Posted on August 25, 2005 20:18
Your "'Maters" reminded me that my afore-mentioned grandmother called tomatoes "Tommy Eight Toes".
Posted by Cop Car | August 25, 2005 8:21 PM
Posted on August 25, 2005 20:21
Yes, I think the yellow miniature pear tomatoes, and the larger round yellow tomatoes are less acidic. Perhaps that's why I want a more acidic cherry tomato for contrast.
Posted by buffy | August 25, 2005 11:21 PM
Posted on August 25, 2005 23:21
I definitely think that cherry tomato plants out-fruit standard plants.
Posted by Blue Witch | August 26, 2005 9:37 AM
Posted on August 26, 2005 09:37
I agree. This one plant is just filling the kitchen with tomatoes. I hope it keeps on working like that for the next couple of months!
Posted by Buffy | August 26, 2005 3:51 PM
Posted on August 26, 2005 15:51