On September 23rd, Delectation of Tomatoes hosted a tomato tasting event for the community. The announcement was posted here:
DT Produce Page
Here is the list of 55 varieties in the competition:
Amy’s Apricot
Black Cherry
Black Fire
Champagne Bubbles
Chocolate Cherry
Egg Yolk
Gajo de Melon
Ghost Cherry
Goluboy Les
Indigo Blue Berries
Indigo Rose
Iva’s Red Berry
Jasper
Kleopatra
Königin der Nacht
L:ariskino Serdtse
Lemon Drop
Lipstick
Maddeline’s Vine Candy
Matt’s Wild Cherry
Mexico Midget
Midnight Snack
Minusinskiy Mestnyi ot Garkalovoy V. Ye.
Mocross #9
Mom’s
Moonlight Mile
Mrs. Maxwell’s Big Italian Paste
Mule Team
Myra’s Giant
Nagcariang Striped
Natal’lny Arbuziki
Nearly Wild
Negro Azteca
Nosiki
Orange Paruche
Policki Divlji
Purple Bumblebee
Queen Aliquippa
Rose Quartz
Sakharnyi Gigant
Schlicht’s Orange Cherry
Sungold (OP)
Sunsugar (OP)
Sweet Apertif
Twilights
Una Hartsock
Unicorn
Valentine
White Cherry
Yellow Pear
Yellow Sweet 100
Participants were asked to rate, on a scale of 1 to 10, how much they liked each variety they tasted. With about 50 people involved, including about 15 children, taste test results should give a good indication of which among these varieties are the best liked by people.
Regrettably, at this point, I do not yet have the data entered or analyzed. I will publish the results here as soon they are available. My favorite from among these 51 varieties was Queen Aliquippa.
This time of year, I try my best to work 100 hours every day, as fast and efficiently as I can. Even if, by some miracle, I were able to work 100 per day, in high gear and with boundless energy, I would still fall further and further behind with each passing day.
Adequate sleep is what suffers the most (rarely more than 4 hours per night). And at the moment, I am unable to complete this blog post. Hopefully, I will manage the time finish it in the morning.
Here is a continuation of the theme from a month ago:
Deer are another major issue.
And being more than 800 hours behind with tomato processing work, with frost in the forecast in 2-3 days.
To be continued…
Delectation of Tomatoes, etc. 