The Westbury Community Garden 6th Annual Tomato Tasting on June 1, 2019, was record-setting in many ways.
Most attendance
Most volunteers
Most fish bowl prize donations
Most funds raised
And most importantly
Most tomatoes (34 different varieties!)
The crowd favorites in three tomato categories were
Cherry tomatoes
1st place – tie – Apero and Matt’s Wild Cherry
2nd place – Sugary
3rd place – Sweet Million
A new variety this year, Apero, tied for top honors in the Cherry category. Yum!The tiny Matt’s Wild is surprisingly full of flavor!Sugary is as sweet as its name. It has about 9% more sugar content than other cherries.Can’t go wrong with Sweet Million. It’s always a great-tasting, prolific producer.
Saladettes
1st place – Verona
2nd place – Bloody Butcher
3rd place – Jaune Flamme
Similar to Juliet in size and shape, Verona has superior flavor.Bloody Butcher is a top producer and has great tomato flavor!Beautiful Jaune Flamme has citrusy, fruity overtones.
Slicers
1st place – JD’s Special C-Tex
2nd place – Rose De Berne
3rd place – Kellogg’s Breakfast
A new variety for us this year – JD’s Special was developed in Conroe, TX. It’s a Brandywine / black tomato cross yielding an earthy, complex flavor.This pink, thin-skinned Swiss tomato has a meaty texture and great acid/sweet balance.Kellogg’s Breakfast tomato produces extra large golden fruit with sweet, tangy flavor.
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