Tennessee tomatoes

Barbee · July 23, 2009

Stopped at a roadside stand on the way home from shopping today. They had some nice looking mushmelons. There was the mushmelons, sweet corn (4.50 doz) @@ and little containers of 4 tomatoes. They looked pretty good, a little overripe but nice sized. I asked her what kind of tomatoes they were and she said "Tennessee tomatoes". I said I never heard of that variety and she told me no...they came from Tennessee since no one around here had any ripe tomatoes. She thought the variety might be Empire, but she wasn't sure.
I just set them back down and walked away without even asking the price. I figured if they ahd to drive to Tennessee to buy them, they were going to be pretty pricey.

July 23, 2009	#1
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	Tennessee tomatoes Stopped at a roadside stand on the way home from shopping today. They had some nice looking mushmelons. There was the mushmelons, sweet corn (4.50 doz) @@ and little containers of 4 tomatoes. They looked pretty good, a little overripe but nice sized. I asked her what kind of tomatoes they were and she said "Tennessee tomatoes". I said I never heard of that variety and she told me no...they came from Tennessee since no one around here had any ripe tomatoes. She thought the variety might be Empire, but she wasn't sure. I just set them back down and walked away without even asking the price. I figured if they ahd to drive to Tennessee to buy them, they were going to be pretty pricey. __________________ *Barbee*