Re: grape tomatoes

**fran gustman f*@juno.com**

Oops. Sorry everyone. That was just for you, Sharon.

Fran

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 23:06:29 -0400 fran  gustman <fgustman@juno.com>
writes:
> Hi, Sharon. How you been? Want to write on this subject for HR? I 
> really
> like your style - nice and breezy and informative. I'll be away for 
> a
> week or more so don't expect to hear right back from me! We'll be in 
> the
> Adirondacks. 
> 
> Fran
> 
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:05:37 -0700 "e.merge" <hanna@direct.ca> 
> writes:
> > Hello from Tomato Land to the North
> > 
> > I am now confused. What kind of tomatoes? Variety names? I know 
> > there are
> > "currant" tomatoes (Martha calls them 'five in a spoon', but 
> never
> > mind)....these are the actual first tomatoes (tomatls) grown by 
> the 
> > Inca
> > zillions of years ago. But they are teeny-weeny. Well, of course 
> > they are
> > bigger than currants - more like nicoise olives. Completely sweet 
> 
> > and very
> > tomato-ey tasting. Don't like fertilizer.
> > 
> > There are also saladette types like "Juliet" (don't like it - it 
> > grows
> > fine, keeps for months, but isn't very tasty) and a new one called 
> 
> > "Olive"
> > which I tasted for the first time this year. It was big like a 
> Queen 
> > olive,
> > featuring a big olive-like indentation almost like a belly button 
> at 
> > one end. 
> > 
> > The absolutely supercallifragalisticex-pee-a ladocious 'cherry' 
> > tomato is
> > "Sungold" (F1) out of Japan - Tokita is the producer I think. A 
> > grower from
> > the Okanagan, a tomato specialist, who comes regularly to a couple 
> 
> > of the
> > local markets - the Granville Market, and the East Van Farmer's
> > Market....he has become a bit of a cult figure (Canadians are 
> > desperate for
> > entertainment, and we infrequently get hot, sunny enough summers 
> to 
> > grow
> > really good tomatoes)....anyhow, this man takes reservations from 
> 
> > people to
> > buy Sungold tomatoes in advance. Sungold starts off green, turns 
> > yellow,
> > and then just as you are tempted to pick it you wait about two 
> more
> > days...at the last possible moment, the colour turns 
> orange/apricot. 
> > They
> > are the sweetest, tangiest tomatoes on the planet. 
> > 
> > I have seen "grape" tomatoes, both red and yellow, here in 
> Vancouver 
> > - they
> > are like elongated cherry tomatoes about the size of Tumbler (the 
> 
> > container
> > one) but are shaped like a grape - that is, sort of oval. I could 
> go 
> > on and
> > on. If anyone wants the seed sources for these or other tomato 
> > varieties,
> > pls. let me know. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > Sharon H. Hanna
> > Writer & Urban Agriculturist
> > Member, Garden Writers Assoc. of America
> > (604) 736 1889
> > 
> > "Just Say No" to Chilean Sea Bass - an endangered species, 
> > harvested
> > illegally.  
> > 
> > Sharon's catalogue writing/recipes:
> > http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com
> > 
> > Xeriscaping/water-wise gardening article on Canadian Wildlife 
> > Federation
> > site, July 2002:
> > 
> >
>
http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en/whats_new/ten_commandments/hold_wate
> r.htm
> > 
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> 
> Fran Gustman, Editor
> HortResources Newsletter
> Boston, MA
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