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Re: Red Plastic Mulch a

> However, lately I've been tempted to order some plants of the "grape
> tomatoes" from Harris seeds.  I am beginning to understand how people can get
> addicted to cigarettes, etc., because I consume those little tomatoes as
> snacks and they are becoming a major part of my diet.
> Has anybody else tried those little red goodies?

The grape tomatos or spoon tomatos are great garden plants.  They are very
close to the original tomato species, and as such are very vigorous and
rambunctious indeterminate scramblers.  Be prepared to support a large
plant.  Productivity in terms of individual fruits is also high, though in
terms of weight they probably produce less tomato mass than a beefsteak.
One potential problem is that you miss a lot of the fruits, which fall on
the ground and produce masses of seedlings the following year.  Now they
come up mostly on the edges of garden and I pick a couple of volunteers to
be woven into the hardware cloth fence and provide that season's crop.
Flavor tends to be on the tart, but very tomato-y, side.

I'd like to put in a plug for my own favorite tomato, Sungold.  This is, I
believe, an British product (at least I have only ever seen the seeds
offered by T&M, that venerable old firm of seed-peddling scalawags).  Again
the plants are large, vigorous and very productive.  The small
(cherry-sized) yellow or orange tomatos are quite simply the very best I
have ever tasted.  The tomato flavor is strong and they are as sweet as
apples or other tree fruits--you find yourself eating them by the handful
while working in the garden.  Just a terrific thing to grow at home that you
can't get in the market.

This year a new hybrid, Sungella, derived from breeding Sungold with various
small pear-shaped or even paste tomatos, has been released.  I'm looking
forward to seeing what it will be like with larger, supposedly meatier
fruits than Sungella.

I'm a tomato fanatic, but don't have a lot of space.  I remember hearing an
interview some years ago (probably on NPR) with an old guy in the Midwest
who lived with his mother and annually set out over 250 tomato plants of
various varieties.  "But what do you do with the extra tomatos?" The
interviewer asked....long pause....."What extra tomatos?"

Bill Shear

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