Tomatoes R Us

One thing that I have noticed about tomatoes is that they all seem to ripen on the same day. This year we are growing several kinds of heirloom tomatoes, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Goldie, Pineapple and Pruden’s Purple. Like raising heirloom breed birds, growing heirloom vegetables increases the genetic diversity in our food crops.

Heirloom tomatoes are not grown for grocery stores because the do not store or ship well. Their thick flesh bruises easily and they are often not uniform in appearance. Though they may not be beauty queens they sure do make up for it in flavor.

One of the favorites in my house is Goldie. This yellow tomato is lower in acid content than some of the red tomatoes. You get all the tomato flavor minus some of the heartburn. I’m sold! You can view and shop for other heirloom varities at http://www.heirloomtomatoes.bizland.com/.