One of my tomato plants has been working hard since the late Spring to produce this single (and I hope tasty) pleasantly coloured tomato (Jubilee variety, I think):
I’ve no idea why just the one (is the unbelievable dryness a factor?), but I’m grateful all the same. I’m trying to not compute the average price per vegetable for this year’s crop so far, once one totals the cost of production…. On the other hand, the therapeutic value of tinkering and tending in the garden on a regular basis is so high, I consider the flowers and vegetables a bonus.
-cvj
Hi Michelle,
Sorry to hear about your crop. Good luck next year… I noticed that there are two more on the way on this plant (don’t know how I missed them) so I hope to have a couple more at least…. On the other hand, my zebra variety is coming along ok, and of course, the yellow pear variety I blogged about earlier produced more tomatoes than I could have dreamed of getting from it – before getting completely fried by the sun, sadly.
-cvj
Ah, I see that the orange-ness of the tomato did not really come out at all. Looks a lot more red in the photo than it actually was.
Yes, it was tasty (although I’ve grown tastier). I took it thousands of miles with me in my bag and eventually had it in a salad with my mum, sister, and nephew, who I’d not seen in a while.
Now I’m in the land of (currently) just about the perfect amount of rain for gardening.
-cvj
Probably so, since you are in LA. But my crop failed similarly due to (I think) too much shade.
Do you have enough sun?
I love dry farmed tomatoes: the lack of moisture concentrates the sweetness and flavor in a wonderful way. That could be the best tomato ever!
I suspect that the poor plant has spent nearly its entire life in the next-thing-to-dead state and has strained every plantey sinew to produce some seeds. So, if you save the seeds then they’ll sprout for next season. I’ve not bought any tomato seeds for years as I simply pick up dried husks from the greenhouse floor, break them up a bit and plant them in trays of compost.
On the other hand… slice thinly…lol
We artists call that color “cadmium red light.”
Hi Clifford,
Why orange?
Your tomato looks like a variant red to me.
It should be a tasty red tomato; not a tasty orange.