And today's haul includes 12 Red Currants, 9 Stupice tomatoes, 4 Black Plum Pastes, 3 White Bush, 2 Salisaw Cafes, 2 Paul Robesons (10 ounces and six ounces), 2 Thessalonikis, Piccolo, Husky Cherry Red, Sioux, Italian Market Wonder, Cherokee Chocolate, Prairie Fire, Black From Tula, Jaune Flamme and Zhezha (front yard).
Scott Daigre came by and visited us last evening. Scott runs the Tomatomania events and we were very happy he stopped by.
Of course, I showed him all of our tomato plants. He was surprised by the size of our 15 ounce Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter that we picked on the 12th of the month (and is now overripe). He verified that our Cherokee Chocolate wasn't that – as he put it, it's “obviously wrong” -- but also identified another mislabel – Stupice. He instantly identified that this plant isn't Stupice. Here's an image of a Stupice tomato and he's right – what I'm picking isn't Stupice. I'll do some research and see if I can identify it.
Scott couldn't believe how tiny our Red Currants are, but this is due to an exhausted plant. The plant is almost totally brown now, but I think it will come back a little bit.
Scott is also having a late harvest this year. Scott also thought that our best harvest is yet to come.
There was a ripe Arkansas Traveler ready to be picked when I showed Scott the plant last night. By the morning it was gone. The Manchester Terrier got another one...
What's funny is that not only will we not pick as many tomatoes in July 2008 compared to July 2007, we're on a pace not to pick as many as last month's totals. So far we've harvested 844 tomatoes this month, last month, 1538 tomatoes were harvested.
Scott has a lot of ideas for expanding Tomatomania. Good luck, we wish you well!
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