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It Was a Dark and Stormy Day…

A Plastic Owl Watches Over the Garden

Despite clouds and cold spring winds, we set out to collect our young tomato plants. Within minutes of our arrival at the Worley’s doorstep, sleet began to fall.

Ever the hosts, James and his lovely wife Jennifer invited us in to wait for a break in the weather. Inevitably, the talk turned to gardening and tomatoes.

Ring the Bell for Service

Rows and Rows of Tomatoes

Making a List

Measuring the Silver Reflective Mulch

This year, our list is meandering, weighted heavily towards the dark flesh of the black varieties and the unusual.

Our List

Tomatoes Literally A-Z

1. Absinthe
2. Ananas Noire
3. Aunt Ruby’s German Green
4. Beam’s Yellow Pear
5. Berkeley Tie Die
6. Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart
7. Black Cherry
8. Black Giant
9. Black Krim
10. Black Mauri
11. Brandywine Sudduth’s Strain
12. Bull’s Heart
13. Burgess Stuffing Tomato
14. Burracker’s Favorite
15. Carbon
16. Cherokee Green
17. Cherokee Purple
18. Cherokee Chocolate
19. Cuor Di Bue
20. Dr. Wyche’s Yellow
21. Druzba
22. Emerald Evergreen
23. Gary’O Sena
24. Golden Queen USDA
25. Great White Tomato
26. Grub’s Mystery Green
27. Japanese Black Trifele
28. Kosovo
29. Large Barred Boar
30. Lescana
31. Linnie’s Oxheart
32. Liz Birt
33. Lucky Cross
34. Mortgage Lifter
35. Mr. Stripey
36. Mule Team
37. Nepal
38. Omar’s Lebanese
39. Opalka
40. Orange Icicle
41. Pineapple
42. Reif Red Heart
43. Riesentraube
44. San Marzano
45. Black Prince
46. Soldacki
47. Striped Roman
48. Stupice
49. Tigerella
50. Violet Jasper
51. Wapsippinicon Peach
52. Yellow Brandywine
53. Zogola

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