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Martino’s Roma
Another in the ongoing series – Exploring Tomatoes
I love this tomato!
Smaller than the common Roma, with a stout bottom tapering up to narrow straight shoulders, this is one seriously productive plant. This heirloom variety plum tomato is direct from Italy and produces fruit of about 2 to 3 ounces in weight. It is a determinate tomato plant, also known a “bush tomato,” and as such all its fruit will ripen over a period of about two weeks, essentially all at once in tomato talk. For some uses, that is not desirable, but if you are looking for a deliciously mild tomato to make sauce or paste, this is just what you want – a plant that will yield a bountiful harvest over a short period of time. At about 75 days the fruit will begin to ripen, and remarkably, this plant is virtually “self-harvesting.” The wonderfully mild fruit, when ripe, comes off at a touch, or more often, just falls off of its own accord. The plant needs very little staking and sports a low, compact habit. The fruit holds well on and off the vine guaranteeing a generous supply for the kitchen. Martino’s Roma are a vibrant red, meaty and firm enough to stuff and bake. They are also wonderful for use on an antipasto plate. This is an all-around winner, and will be back in my garden next year.
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My Urban Garden
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This is just the greatest time of year. My garden is anticipation central – tremendous bounty is about to come. It’s the garden I work in every day. It’s the garden for which my neighbors give thanks. It’s the garden my friends envy. Each morning I go to my backyard to inspect it (one must be vigilant in one’s garden), tend the plants and soil (one must keep one’s garden neat, clean and free of debris), and generally check things out. I see that the tomatoes and vegetables are growing bigger, and many of them are beginning to turn from green to their final glorious hues. Whether they will be striped, gold, yellow, orange, red, lilac, purple, brown, white or almost black, it is now that nature begins to reveal her deft hand.