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Green Zebra Tomato Information

By Aurther January 30, 2022Vegetables

Green Zebra tomato is a green tomato cultivar with green flesh and dark to light green vertical stripes which mimic Zebra stripes. Depending on the ripening stage, the stripes shift to light green or yellowish color. This is one of the ways to tell when the fruit is ready to pick. Green Zebra tomato has a tart and sweet flavor profile and is good for salsa and salads. It is considered a green-when-ripe tomato which does not change to red when ripe as occurs with regular red tomato fruit.

Yellow Pear Tomato Information

By Aurther January 27, 2022Vegetables

Yellow Pear tomato is an indeterminate pear-shaped tomato which ripens with a bright yellow color. It is a small heirloom cherry tomato cultivar which is borne in clusters on long growing vines. The yellow pear is a mild flavored tomato used in salads, salsa making, pickling, canning and making preserves. The cultivar is very easy to grow and has moderate resistance to light blight tomato fungal disease.

When to Pick Tomatoes Information

By Aurther January 22, 2022Gardening, Vegetables

When to pick tomatoes depends on the tomato type or variety under cultivation. Green, purple and yellow tomatoes, for example, provide different cues for picking so do heirloom varieties. Nonetheless, regular red tomatoes are generally ready to pick for indoor ripening when they start developing a blush red color on the blossom end or sides of the fruit. These tomatoes can also be picked when deep red and fully ripened although vine ripening exposes them to pests and risk of other physiological problems such as splitting.

Roma Tomatoes Information

By Aurther January 17, 2022Vegetables

Roma tomatoes are an American heirloom tomato cultivar, pear or plum shaped, sweet flavored with thick walls and best used for paste making, sauces, canning, ketchup and cooking. Larger than cherries and grapes in size, well known for having few seeds, Roma tomatoes ripen by turning fully red from bottom to top. They are a very productive paste-type tomato, making up for their small size by producing abundant fruit, which ripens all at once, on a single plant in a short time.

Kennebec Potatoes Information

By Aurther January 12, 2022Vegetables

Kennebec potatoes are an all-purpose potato variety most suited for culinary applications such as fries, baking, boiling, chipping and frying. The tuber has white flesh and smooth thin skin which ranges from white to a creamy buff color to pale yellow or light tan. Kennebec potatoes are adapted to grow in many parts of the world. They are a high yielding variety. One of the most important features of the Kennebec potato is fortification against light blight potato disease. The variety is an heirloom kind which has been in production for at least 75 years since its release on the American market.