I guess I wasn’t sure what to expect from these, having compulsively picked up so many varieties of tomato at the plant nursery. As it turned out, they are a sort of cherry tomato. Sweet, yes, but the can’t even begin to compare to my Sweet Millions.
The plant is a heavy producer, we had way more of these little guys than we could eat. The were very pretty in salads and salsa, but you could easily get that color from a more flavorful tomato. I won’t plant this variety again, but I’m glad I tried something new.
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Sweet Millions Cherry Tomatoes
A bowl full of cherries!
Cherry tomatoes, that is. Our all-time favourite sweet summer snacker, the Sweet Millions variety of cherry tomato is one we didn’t even plant this year. But enough volunteers came up to keep us well supplied for tomato-basil-mozzarella salad. And we still had enough to share with our neighbor.
But I can tell you, I will definitely plant this variety- on purpose- next year. Picking through the tangle of volunteers sprawled all over the ground was no fun. I have half a mind to try them in the hanging baskets on my porch…
The Tomatoes are Rolling In!
This is a little basket I sent over to my neighbor. She always loves my cherry tomatoes, but I don’t think I’ll have many this year. We had lots of volunteer plants, but I didn’t purposely plant any of my favourite variety, sweet millions. That was probably a mistake.
So, we have a selection here. One each of black heirloom and white beauty, a handful of tigerellas, yellow pears and sweet millions.
I guess I expected them to be bigger, but I’m kind of glad to have some snack size tomatoes. The yellow pears are nice and sweet. It is easy to see how they got their name.
The white beauty is kind of a creamy yellow when ripe. You can see four more behind this one, they will probably turn over the next couple of days. It is funny, this big one was sitting on the windowsill all week and I watched it turn in just one day. It seemed every time I went to the kitchen sink on Sunday it was a little less green, a little more yellow.
Ah, my black heirloom. Not really black, but not purple either. They smell amazing. Great with bacon in a blt sandwich.
Tigerella Tomatoes
So, here we have a colander of tigerellas (and maybe green zebras), in various stages of ripeness.
The one at the far bottom, the red and yellow stripey one, is the most ripe and ready to eat.
The red and green stripey one will be ready to eat in a few days.
The ones at the bottom, the white and green stripey ones, won’t be ripe till some time next week.
And the three that are yellow and green stripey might be green zebra, in which case they are probably ripe.
I cut one up for my salad this evening. Such pretty color.
Hmm. All those green seeds. Maybe it could have waited another day?
I diced it up and threw it on top of my salad for dinner. The verdict is still out. I thought it was a bit tangy, but I’ve been craving sweet stuff the last few days, so maybe my taste buds are off. On the other hand, maybe it wasn’t quite ripe yet.
This Morning in My Yard
Oliver watched from the porch as I meandered around the yard with my camera this morning.
My little cluster of herbs. I’ve got regular thyme and lemon thyme, French basil, sage, purple basil, and a tiny goldfish plant (not an herb).
The lovely contrast of yellow and purple in the front crescent bed. I’m really enjoying these, I’ll probably do something similar next year.
A few more tigerella tomatoes. I’ve discovered that they should be picked before they are completely ripe, otherwise they split like the one on the far left is just beginning to do. They will ripen in a day or so on the kitchen windowsill.
A few more tigerella tomatoes. I’ve discovered that they should be picked before they are completely ripe, otherwise they split like the one on the far left is just beginning to do. They will ripen in a day or so on the kitchen windowsill.
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