TOMATOES, CHICKENS and more in the urban garden: ARMENIAN TOMATO

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I have been growing much of my own 100% organic, fresh food in my Brisbane CA (a few miles south of San Francisco) garden for almost 10 years now – This is the summer of 2009 and we have 31 different Heirloom Tomato plants that we are going to be reviewing (that means munching) and then sharing the information. Much of your success with Tomatoes will definitely depend on the weather.

We have three truly free-ranging hens, Hewey, Louie and Dewey - "the three wise hens" who do lots of their own gardening as well as supply us with eggs and organic garden fertilizer. They are also wonderful weeders. Their antics will entertain you in the following pages.

Also in our Urban Garden we grow apricots, peaches, five varieties of apples, Asian pears, figs, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, pepino melons, lemons, limes, oranges, cherries, grapes, tunas (prickly pears), passionfruit, onions, beans, English peas, cucumber, tomatillos, kale, arugula, a variety of peppers and potatoes.

Our herb collection includes:- parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, Italian and Greek oregano, three different varieties of basil, lemon balm, bee balm, lemon verbena, orange mint, peppermint and spearmint.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

ARMENIAN TOMATO

ARMENIAN - (D) – Catalog #3
Leaf Type - Regular
From tomato collector Charlotte Mullens of West Virginia. Large flattish yellow and orange flesh with some red marbling. A bi-colored beefsteak with great flavor and unusually strong flavors for a bi-colored. Rare heirloom – 85 days

SIMPLY TOMATOES NOTES:
August 10 - In the bottom of my east facing garden, this plant has experienced "it all", cold, moist air, very unusual weather cold/hot/cold/hot and still has a few fabulous looking under-ripe Tomatoes as of Aug 2 . The plant is struggling, but showing great promise. Sadly, as of September 5th, the weather here in the Bay area has been so erratic that this plant has given up and will die. The few tomatoes pictured have been absolutely exceptional. They are sweet and beautifully colored when sliced. As you can see there is more cracking than expected, my assumption the crazy weather.

Here is a picture of our first tomto from this plant.
As you can see this tomato is more red than orange, indeed a very pretty tomato