varieties

Eleven varieties of farmers market tomatoes

Green zebra

Mr. Stripey

Purple Cherokee

Carolina Gold

Brandywine and Pineapple

Cherokee green, Great White, Torbay

Oregon spring and Early Girl

Nichols Farm: green zebra, Cherokee green, Carolina gold, Torbay, Mr. Stripey, great white

Scheeringa Farms: green zebra, purple Cherokee, pineapple, brandywine, Mr. Stripey

Linda: "Looks can be deceiving." When it comes to tomatoes, truer words were never spoke. Did you know that most store-bought tomatoes are picked well before they are ripe and then ripened using ethylene gas? So a red tomato isn't necessarily a sweet tomato. Ripening a tomato on the vine and picking it at the optimal moment is the best...

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