Tomatopalooza™ event information and discussion forum. Held annually in the Raleigh-Durham, NC area.
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May 1, 2012 | #1 |
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Tomatopalooza....numbah TEN!
Saturday July 28.
Working out the details - location will be the wonderful home/farm location in Efland, NC - Jimmy and Fred hosted two Tomatopaloozas some years ago (including the ones attended by Rena/Suze/Feldon/Mischka and other Tvillians the first time there, and Patrina and other Tvillians the following year). Stay tuned for more details as they develop!
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May 2, 2012 | #2 |
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Wonderful! Reaaaaaly want to make it this year - w/J.Michael's if you want!
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May 2, 2012 | #3 |
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Woo Hoo! I'll be there!!
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May 2, 2012 | #4 |
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Darn it! That's the first day of my vacation.
My family and I are headed in the opposite direction from Efland that day. Oh well, maybe next year. Hey Craig! If I have some dwarf tomatoes ready at that time, would you possibly want me to get them to you before the event? Obviously, I don't expect a firm answer at this time, and I don't know how my schedule will be that week. But if you want to try them, or take them for others to try, I could tentatively plan on doing that. I'm hoping to have Waratah, Tasmanian Red, and Zig Zag Wattle. |
May 16, 2012 | #5 |
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Yay, been waiting to hear when this would be!
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May 23, 2012 | #6 |
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Yeah! I've got it on the calendar! Hoping to have lots of dwarfs and Chocolate Truffles to taste.
Praying the weather will be a bit cooler than last year.
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June 4, 2012 | #7 |
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Web page updated now with event details and registration instructions.
Look forward to seeing y'all there... Gotta fix that typo subject line... Lee
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June 4, 2012 | #8 |
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P.S. Stormy, J. Michael's sounds great... I was bummed you gave my
cheesesteak to Craig last time! Lee
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June 4, 2012 | #9 |
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On the calendar! Looking forward to contributing more than just bread this year.
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June 30, 2012 | #10 |
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Finally some news - or will be! We are having a planning meeting on Sunday evening at the hosts' house/farm - with a long agenda.....following that, we will be able to be clear on exactly how Tomatopalooza will go on this year. It will be a nice, relaxed atmosphere - we've had two great events at this location in the past - and since it is number 10, we may be adding a few aspects in, as well as relaxing some of the perhaps perceived to be more structured aspects of the last few years.....(no worries about limiting numbers, parking issues, etc) - I am pondering adding more food - Salsa contest, maybe? - anyway - stay tuned!
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July 7, 2012 | #11 |
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Craig if we still lived in my DH home (KY) we would make a weekend trip to this.
hope your's and other contributors' tomatoes are perfect for the tasting.
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July 7, 2012 | #12 |
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My daughter has a new Tomatopalooza website in development - well, it's launched, actually - but we are making changes to it often!
http://tomatopalooza.weebly.com/index.html
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July 8, 2012 | #13 |
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Hey NC’s ‘My daughter’ - Great site.
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July 19, 2012 | #14 |
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Just a bit more than one week from Tomatopalooza X! For those who plan on attending...please do go to the website - link here again - http://tomatopalooza.weebly.com/ - and register (simple process - just if you are coming/numbers, if you are bringing tomatoes, and if you want to enter the Salsa competition).
I am hoping my tomato supply holds out - if it were this weekend, I could probably bring over 100 varieties! By next weekend...who knows!
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July 26, 2012 | #15 |
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This is somewhat tentative - some of these may not make it to Saturday in edible condition (watching for leakers and fruit flies!) - but if all goes well, I will be bringing the majority of the list below for tasting:
Indeterminates: Blush Green Zebra Cherry Sungold Sungold Select II Maglia Rose Mexico Midget Casey's Pure yellow cross red cherry Lucky Cross Aunt Ruby's German Green Nelson's Golden Giant Maiden's Gold Giant Syrian Burgundy Traveler Farmers Market Bicolor Cherokee Chocolate Selwin Yellow Cherokee Green Dana's Dusky Rose Kellogg's Breakfast JD Special C-Tex Abraham Lincoln Anna Russian Hege's German Pink German Johnson Potato leaf Piennolo Dester Amish Bridge Mikes Nepal Cherokee Purple Lillian's Yellow Heirloom Hillbilly red cross Caitin's Lucky Stripe Cour du Bui Arkansas Traveler Teddy Smooth Sorrento Reinhard Chocolate Heart Speckled Roman Casey's Pure Yellow cross large yellow striped Green Giant cross large pink Trader Joe Yellow Cherry Green Doctor Green Grape Cherokee Chocolate cross small red Torre Canne Yellow Bell Green Giant Amana Orange Taps regular leaf Druzba Polish Strawberry Margarita Big Willy German Johnson regular leaf Dwarf Tomatoes Dainty F1 Dwarf Caitydid Dwarf Russian Swirl 3467 Striped Tidy Dwarf Blazing Beauty 3434 Dwarf Blazing Beauty 3435 Green Beauty 3366 Uluru Ochre 3481 Grizzly red Boronia 3463 Loxton Lad 3432 TastyWine 11-154 Summertime Gold 2512 Uluru Ochre 3460 Dwarf Sweet Scarlet 3412 Dwarf Arctic Rose Dwarf Leesha Summertime Gold 08-145 Dopey F2 selection 1 Dopey F2 selection 2 Dopey F2 selection 3 Dopey F2 selection 4 Ivalde F2 selection 2 Ivalde F2 selection 4 Dwarf Rosella Giant purple 3443 Summetime Gold 11-181 Wherokowhai 3505 Harmony F1 Uluru Ochre 11-147 Bendigo Blush Rosella Crimson 3445 Rosella Crimson 3444 Loxton Lad Loxton Lass Dwarf Sweet Scarlet 3457 Wherokowhai 3437 Dwarf Blazing Beauty 3410 Wherokowhai 3437 TastyWine 3411 Uluru Ochre 3460 Dwarf Jade Beauty Dwarf Beryl Beauty Dwarf Golden Heart Beauty King yellow striped Dwarf Kelly Green Boronia 11-160 Dwarf Sweet Sue Fred's Tie Dye Dwarf Lemon Ice 3513 Dwarf Lemon Ice 3156 Dwarf Pink Passion 3180 Beauty Yellow green striped Pesty striped Summer Sunrise Blazing Beauty 11-40 Cheerful F1 Yukon Quest Barossa Moon 3431 Sarandipity 3466 Summertime Gold 2512
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