Morning Harvest

taboule · July 22, 2015

Walked around the garden this morning with my coffee and picked these
morning harvest.jpg

Three medium sized ones in top to bottom are Limbaugh's, big one on the right is Carbon. Could have used another day on the vine, but since I'm going away for a couple days, left nothing to chance. A bird in the hand...
carbon 630g.jpg

It weighed 630 grams, 22.5 oz, first big one of the season.

A couple of days ago, had these for a salad. Sakharni Pudovichok. Perfectly round and equal size.

2x SP.jpg

Have a nice day everyone.

CamuMahubah · July 22, 2015

Beautiful tomatoes

Worth1 · July 22, 2015

They look grea.
Worth

efisakov · July 22, 2015

Nice harvest. Good size Carbon. One of my favorite.
How is the taste of Sakharni Pudovichok? Is it sweet, acid, juicy, ...? Does it set well?
thanks

beefsteak · July 22, 2015

Coffee that walks around, that's some pretty strong coffee. Did you walk arm in arm?

That is a terrific harvest, (jealous), and some nice looking maters!

SharonRossy · July 22, 2015

Beautiful! Jealous!

taboule · July 22, 2015

Hi Folks, thanks for the nice words.

Ella: >>> How is the taste of Sakharni Pudovichok?

Wonderful, that perfect and most subtle balance of flavors that make up a perfect eating/slicing tomato. Just the right mix of meatiness/substance but still juicy enough to drip along your chin. Not acidic at all.

>>> Coffee that walks around, that's some pretty strong coffee. Did you walk arm in arm?

Yes, and we stopped along the way and cuddled. I probably should have drank more coffee before typing that line ;>)

naseer · July 23, 2015

Great to see that carbon is supposed to look like that. We're growing it for the first time this year and the fruits appeared sickly to me, but apparently that's normal. Our yield on that plant has been a bit low--have you seen the same?

As for taste, carbon is delicious and exotic! It has some familiar aftertaste that I can't quite put my finger on...some kind of fruit maybe?

Hunt-Grow-Cook · July 24, 2015

Outstanding. Cant wait to try Carbon next year.

Gardeneer · July 24, 2015

Outstanding, Indeed.
Where in MA did you manage to get suach a harvest, so early ?

Gardeneer

taboule · July 26, 2015

Hi, I'm in Wakefield, ~12 miles north of Boston.

Here's the second carbon I picked from the same plant and truss, just a bit smaller than the first.
carbon2.jpg

Along with another SP and 2x PBTD.
carb-PBTD-SP.jpg

This is about 1/5 of what I picked this morning by weight. I've reached the happy point where I can harvest more than I can eat with DW, and switched into giveaway and sauce making mode. I gotta get me that mill.

taboule · July 26, 2015

Naseer, I missed to reply.

I have two Carbon plants I think, both very healthy, although one is compact, the other is like a small tree. the smaller one produced these two big fruits pictured above, the biggest so far from my garden this season, both in individual size, and with others from that plant, total production by weight. So to me at least, that's not too bad

Taste is similar to other blacks, I can't compare/contrast it to other "fruits" because I don't eat too many real fruits ;>)

CamuMahubah · August 4, 2015

I'm so jello!

ginger2778 · August 4, 2015

Nice looking harvest. All of those were favorites of mine this past season. I start pepper seeds this weekend, and tomatoes on Sept 1, and your photos made me wish it was tomato season already. Nice work!

taboule · August 4, 2015

Thanks, here's a few from sunday's sampling.

sample-2aug.jpg

I finally pulled the trigger and ordered my tomato mill, waiting anxiously for the delivery.

July 22, 2015	#1
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	Morning Harvest Walked around the garden this morning with my coffee and picked these morning harvest.jpg Three medium sized ones in top to bottom are Limbaugh's, big one on the right is Carbon. Could have used another day on the vine, but since I'm going away for a couple days, left nothing to chance. A bird in the hand... carbon 630g.jpg It weighed 630 grams, 22.5 oz, first big one of the season. A couple of days ago, had these for a salad. Sakharni Pudovichok. Perfectly round and equal size. 2x SP.jpg Have a nice day everyone.

July 22, 2015	#4
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Nice harvest. Good size Carbon. One of my favorite. How is the taste of Sakharni Pudovichok? Is it sweet, acid, juicy, ...? Does it set well? thanks __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

July 22, 2015	#2
CamuMahubah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alliance Nebraska Posts: 169	Beautiful tomatoes

July 22, 2015	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	They look grea. Worth

July 22, 2015	#5
beefsteak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW PA zone 5 Posts: 121	Coffee that walks around, that's some pretty strong coffee. Did you walk arm in arm? That is a terrific harvest, (jealous), and some nice looking maters!

July 22, 2015	#6
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	Beautiful! Jealous!

July 23, 2015	#8
naseer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Posts: 15	Great to see that carbon is supposed to look like that. We're growing it for the first time this year and the fruits appeared sickly to me, but apparently that's normal. Our yield on that plant has been a bit low--have you seen the same? As for taste, carbon is delicious and exotic! It has some familiar aftertaste that I can't quite put my finger on...some kind of fruit maybe?

July 24, 2015	#9
Hunt-Grow-Cook Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 360	Outstanding. Cant wait to try Carbon next year.

July 24, 2015	#10
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,916	Outstanding, Indeed. Where in MA did you manage to get suach a harvest, so early ? Gardeneer

July 26, 2015	#11
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	Hi, I'm in Wakefield, ~12 miles north of Boston. Here's the second carbon I picked from the same plant and truss, just a bit smaller than the first. carbon2.jpg Along with another SP and 2x PBTD. carb-PBTD-SP.jpg This is about 1/5 of what I picked this morning by weight. I've reached the happy point where I can harvest more than I can eat with DW, and switched into giveaway and sauce making mode. I gotta get me that mill.

August 4, 2015	#13
CamuMahubah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alliance Nebraska Posts: 169	I'm so jello!

August 4, 2015	#14
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Nice looking harvest. All of those were favorites of mine this past season. I start pepper seeds this weekend, and tomatoes on Sept 1, and your photos made me wish it was tomato season already. Nice work!