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An indeterminate, large, pink, slicing tomato offered by High Mowing Organic Seeds. High Mowing describes Damsel as the “Holy Grail of tomatoes,” as in it grows like a hybrid (which it is), but tastes like an heirloom. Damsel F1 was… Continue Reading →
Home Stoop is a large, red, slicing tomato bred by the brilliant Frank Morton at Wild Garden Seed. It comes from a cross of the Eastern European heirloom Stupice (or ‘Stupishka’ in Czech) with a commercial variety called Homestead. When… Continue Reading →
I was approached with the opportunity of lecturing about the NOVIC trial and doing tastings with a few Evergreen fall 2017 programs. Evergreen starts late, usually the last week or two of September. Depending on weather, I was worried we… Continue Reading →
Full disclosure: I’ve never blogged before. But I’m told I excel at telling “scientific stories.” By the time I agreed to start documenting the NOVIC trial, it was early September and most varieties were mid-harvest. As explained to me, the… Continue Reading →
As I write this entry I have been working on the NOVIC trial for close to 6 months! In retrospect, it’s really quite amazing how long we wait for fresh tomatoes here in the Pacific Northwest. But we do it… Continue Reading →