Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 I expect this tomato to be sweet, because why else would you name a tomato (or anything really) after a dessert if it was not sweet. I mean it would be just a cruel… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 Ohhh… A black tomato. I love, love, love black tomatoes and am always keen to try new ones. I have to say that this one I bought for the name. What’s not to love… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This is a Russian tomato, which means it should do well here because Russian tomatoes are bred to be fast growing in cold weather. I say should because in theory, Cleveland is suppose to… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This tomato has eluded me since 2008. Every year I have planted the seeds and every year, disease, weather or my own stupidity took away my chance to add this tomato to my formal… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 I don’t have too much to say initially about this one, other than to say I was not really all that impressed with how “early” it produced. Yes, it was among the first to… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This was not a tomato on my original tasting list. Yet, oddly enough, I have 15 of these tomato plants in my driveway. Funny story (as if anything in my life is anything but).… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2011 This was not supposed to be the first tomato I did a tasting on for the season. The tomato that I was supposed to do first fell victim to several instances of “oh look,… Read more ›

I know, I know. I am a bad, bad, bad blogger. No posts for oh so long. And I do apologize. Life just seems to be interfering these days. But it is that time of year! The tomatoes are ripe… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2010 The full name of this tomato is “Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge”, which wins the prize for the most literal tomato name and the longest tomato name I have ever heard of. It makes me… Read more ›

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2010 Historically, I have enjoyed green (when ripe) tomatoes, so I am looking forward to this one. Green tomatoes are always a startling treat to set on the table as many people don’t know that… Read more ›