A Very Early Tomato

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It's been about 50 days and the Kimberleys are ripening. I had removed all the green fruit and open flowers I could find on all of the tomatoes when I set them out ... into the cold spring.

After a few fits and starts, it warmed up. Boy, did it! Of course, all of this has been a trial for the plants - too much wind especially. That is in the open garden. The potted Kimberley and her 2 friends in the backyard are just cruising ... no ripe tomatoes on them. What's the hurry?



They are much happier in those 5 gallon pots than out in that cookin', windswept garden! Meanwhile, the garden Kimberleys are gettin' down to business and 2 tomatoes have been picked. I hope we have a little more reasonable weather so that it isn't just the 3 backyard tomatoes having a good season.

I'll soon be posting a picture of a sliced tomato on @baymule 's thread. Don't expect large size fruit from Kimberley. Well behaved and cute, maybe that defines this early variety from the mountains of British Columbia.

Steve
who has snacked on several Sungold cherries, too late for pictures and you probably already know what Sungold looks like .

 

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This picture is from the first time Kimberley was in my garden:

Growing it again, I learned that the fruit on the left is atypical of the variety. The fruit shouldn't have that fluting and it shouldn't be that large (probably about 5oz). I talked to the person where I got the seeds and he didn't know why they weren't true-to-type .

I can't take a picture of the 2 current Kimberleys. DW put them in a sandwich while I was outside! I will check the plants tomorrow. There was one with a blush, yesterday.

Steve