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michael johnson · December 10, 2006

I have been lucky enough to discover a new variety of tomato -that's an absolute beauty to try, for those of you that like a more gourmet connoisseur type of tomato, this one has everything.

When I say new variety- what I mean is new to me, as the variety is more than thirty years old already, but it has no name or ever been named by the growers.

Its a mixture of cherry size to a good salad tomato size on tapering longish trusses, thin easily digestible skins- not tough and leathery like some, darkish deep red in colour, and the flavour is very sweet and tangy -both at the same time- its just the sort of tomato you could easily eat at every meal for a week or more without ever getting tired of them.

The only thing is that when eating them you have to be a bit carefull how you bite them- (better to cut them in half with a knife first ) otherwise if you are aiming in the wrong direction accross a table-they are so juicy etc, that they will squirt juice and seeds a good four foot or more if you are not carefull- ( your partner could easily become plastered in one bite

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I am going to trial these tomatoes in my patch during 2007 season, and hopefully will have plenty of seeds to spare in september- if they perform according to expectations

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They will be called Michael's-(Red Rooster's ) there is a story behind that :wink: involving being kept awake half the night with this (gosh darnoodly) large red Cockerel crowing before dawn- leading me to go very bleary eyed to the small holding farm in question about half a mile up the road , only to find they grew tomatoes in a big 50 foot long greenhouse heated by a boiler-powered by gas produced from the chicken manure.
I was also happy to learn that come christmas- the large red rooster keeping me awake- was going to be part of the chistmas lunch

the farm in question didnt ever name them, just kept growing and saving the seed each year for thirty or forty years or more .

I ended up coming away from there with five pounds of these excellent tomatoes, and booking a large bronze turkey and a very large fresh chicken for the xmas festivities-the chicken for new years day.

December 10, 2006	#1
michael johnson Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK. Posts: 960	"Found"- a real cracker of a tomato. I have been lucky enough to discover a new variety of tomato -that's an absolute beauty to try, for those of you that like a more gourmet connoisseur type of tomato, this one has everything. When I say new variety- what I mean is new to me, as the variety is more than thirty years old already, but it has no name or ever been named by the growers. Its a mixture of cherry size to a good salad tomato size on tapering longish trusses, thin easily digestible skins- not tough and leathery like some, darkish deep red in colour, and the flavour is very sweet and tangy -both at the same time- its just the sort of tomato you could easily eat at every meal for a week or more without ever getting tired of them. The only thing is that when eating them you have to be a bit carefull how you bite them- (better to cut them in half with a knife first ) otherwise if you are aiming in the wrong direction accross a table-they are so juicy etc, that they will squirt juice and seeds a good four foot or more if you are not carefull- ( your partner could easily become plastered in one bite . I am going to trial these tomatoes in my patch during 2007 season, and hopefully will have plenty of seeds to spare in september- if they perform according to expectations . They will be called Michael's-(Red Rooster's ) there is a story behind that :wink: involving being kept awake half the night with this (gosh darnoodly) large red Cockerel crowing before dawn- leading me to go very bleary eyed to the small holding farm in question about half a mile up the road , only to find they grew tomatoes in a big 50 foot long greenhouse heated by a boiler-powered by gas produced from the chicken manure. I was also happy to learn that come christmas- the large red rooster keeping me awake- was going to be part of the chistmas lunch the farm in question didnt ever name them, just kept growing and saving the seed each year for thirty or forty years or more . I ended up coming away from there with five pounds of these excellent tomatoes, and booking a large bronze turkey and a very large fresh chicken for the xmas festivities-the chicken for new years day.