Comments on: The Character of Heirloom Tomatoes http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/ Cultivating the best of gardening, vintage containers, home-grown food, and vineyard lifestyle. Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-719 Bonnie Manion Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:05:24 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-719 I have grown Cherokee Purple, and love them. Heirloom tomatoes sliced with a touch of sea salt are one of life's best summer pleasures. Thanks for your great comment...VintageGardenGal I have grown Cherokee Purple, and love them. Heirloom tomatoes sliced with a touch of sea salt are one of life’s best summer pleasures. Thanks for your great comment…VintageGardenGal

]]> By: E. Burrows http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-718 E. Burrows Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:54:05 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-718 My favorite, hands down, is the Cherokee Purple. Although Brandywine and Beefsteak is up there. They make such great slicing tomatoes... perfect for mouthwatering sandwiches. Non-heirloom tomatoes taste like cardboard. My favorite, hands down, is the Cherokee Purple. Although Brandywine and Beefsteak is up there. They make such great slicing tomatoes… perfect for mouthwatering sandwiches.

Non-heirloom tomatoes taste like cardboard.

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-717 Bonnie Manion Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:03:35 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-717 Deb, I'm impressed congratulations on your Julia Child tomato plant. Yes, I will try next year again. Thanks for your great comment...VintageGardenGal. Deb, I’m impressed congratulations on your Julia Child tomato plant. Yes, I will try next year again. Thanks for your great comment…VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: Deb http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-716 Deb Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:44:23 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-716 This is the first year I have tried heirloom tomatoes. I have built myself a small cage that surrounds 4 different plants....we have not been planting gardens in years since the deer have been eating everything in sight! Tonight, we had our first and it was the Julia Child! It was great and I look forward to the others that I see on the vines. I am sorry you have had such rotten luck with yours but I cheer you on for next year and your goal to grow a plant that has some fruit to enjoy! Deb, upstate New York This is the first year I have tried heirloom tomatoes. I have built myself a small cage that surrounds 4 different plants….we have not been planting gardens in years since the deer have been eating everything in sight! Tonight, we had our first and it was the Julia Child! It was great and I look forward to the others that I see on the vines. I am sorry you have had such rotten luck with yours but I cheer you on for next year and your goal to grow a plant that has some fruit to enjoy!
Deb, upstate New York

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-715 Bonnie Manion Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:48:57 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-715 Beautiful comment. We are lucky that heirloom tomatoes are more available these days at farmers markets, and restaurants specializing in local foods, too.....VintageGardenGal. Beautiful comment. We are lucky that heirloom tomatoes are more available these days at farmers markets, and restaurants specializing in local foods, too…..VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: MotherLodeBeth http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-714 MotherLodeBeth Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:48:08 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-714 Every year the heirloom variety plants be they tomato, beans, corn etc., all take longer to mature. But they did decades ago as well. When the man made seeds came along that produced quicker people got spoiled and they got tasteless vegetables. Just one bite of an heirloom tomato in August makes my heart melt and I visualize myself in the 1890's smiling in the garden doing the same smile. Every year the heirloom variety plants be they tomato, beans, corn etc., all take longer to mature. But they did decades ago as well. When the man made seeds came along that produced quicker people got spoiled and they got tasteless vegetables. Just one bite of an heirloom tomato in August makes my heart melt and I visualize myself in the 1890′s smiling in the garden doing the same smile.

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-713 Bonnie Manion Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:58:44 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-713 Lynn, I loved my Mr. Stripey tomatoes. I did well with them, and they were so beautiful and delicious. Thanks for commenting...VintageGardenGal. Lynn, I loved my Mr. Stripey tomatoes. I did well with them, and they were so beautiful and delicious. Thanks for commenting…VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: Lynn @ the vintagenest http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/18/the-character-of-heirloom-tomatoes/#comment-712 Lynn @ the vintagenest Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:53:03 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3839#comment-712 The only heirlooms I have grown were the stripeys. They were fun. :) The only heirlooms I have grown were the stripeys. They were fun. :)

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