I grow tomatoes for specific reasons and I have been trying over the years to arrive at some preferred varieties.
The uses for them are; Bottling, Puree, Breakfast Frying, Drying, Early Windowsill and eating fresh (sandwiches)
So far we have only agreed on 2, Amish Paste for puree and Silver Fir Tree for windowsill pots.
However this year we might have found the bottling variety.
These are for having on toast with our Sunday breakfast fry-up when fresh ones are finished in the winter.
This variety is Teardrop Plum and the criteria is that they must be fairly small, firm so they stay intact and easy to peel, as well as of course being easy to grow and excellent flavour.
So far it has ticked all the boxes, but still needs to prove that it won't succumb to blight at the first opportunity.
It has HUGE trusses with probably over a hundred flowers on each truss, I've never seen a variety quite like it.
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Possibly one small drawback is the bottom truss is so big that it rests on the ground, or in this case on my wandering melon vines.
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All in all it's looking good.
Just drying, frying and fresh to go (perhaps)
