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Garden Master
The Tomato Growers catalog has arrived 
. The pages bring memories of those varieties that sparked past interest. Some tried, enjoyed but set aside so others new could be tried — failures, successes.
Looking through, those with days-to-maturities of high 70's and above usually ignored. Not always, since I showed up on opening day at the farmers' market with starts from the greenhouse. DTM were noted on the clipboard hanging from one corner of the canopy. Protected backyard gardens could provide more opportunities than the open environment of my big veggie garden. Something that was shown to be true in my 2024 backyard
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Some, I grew with great success but they didn't quite rate my broad standards combined with DW's rather narrow ones. We both had some learning to do. Even though I had grown tomatoes for several years, I was so inexperienced with anything beyond a regular red slicer or a red cherry. DW was much the same except anything larger than a cherry was looked upon with suspicion. It had to be one with mild flavor or she wasn't interested. Mild flavor with tomatoes was mostly found with colors other than red. That page need not be turned but attention to other pages was required!
Tigerella (Mr Stripey). Those were so cute! Always did well.
Dagma's Perfection. Pretty. Mild to Very Mild. Too mild?
My 2024 backyard success with Kellogg's Breakfast should mean that I could grow Brandywine OTV again with some confidence. Well, it's not mild.
Pruden's Purple, why did I stop growing that one? The name misleads plant customers because it's pink! Set it right on the south side of that wild plum on what must have been its final year in the garden. Always a mistake to have most anything near that plum. Avoiding that location no longer required.
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. The pages bring memories of those varieties that sparked past interest. Some tried, enjoyed but set aside so others new could be tried — failures, successes. Looking through, those with days-to-maturities of high 70's and above usually ignored. Not always, since I showed up on opening day at the farmers' market with starts from the greenhouse. DTM were noted on the clipboard hanging from one corner of the canopy. Protected backyard gardens could provide more opportunities than the open environment of my big veggie garden. Something that was shown to be true in my 2024 backyard
. Some, I grew with great success but they didn't quite rate my broad standards combined with DW's rather narrow ones. We both had some learning to do. Even though I had grown tomatoes for several years, I was so inexperienced with anything beyond a regular red slicer or a red cherry. DW was much the same except anything larger than a cherry was looked upon with suspicion. It had to be one with mild flavor or she wasn't interested. Mild flavor with tomatoes was mostly found with colors other than red. That page need not be turned but attention to other pages was required!
Tigerella (Mr Stripey). Those were so cute! Always did well.
Dagma's Perfection. Pretty. Mild to Very Mild. Too mild?
My 2024 backyard success with Kellogg's Breakfast should mean that I could grow Brandywine OTV again with some confidence. Well, it's not mild.
Pruden's Purple, why did I stop growing that one? The name misleads plant customers because it's pink! Set it right on the south side of that wild plum on what must have been its final year in the garden. Always a mistake to have most anything near that plum. Avoiding that location no longer required
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