2 posts tagged “giant tree tomato”

This is an oddity.  I named it "Tomato Fetus Unborn or aborted."  I can't tell if it is two or three tomatoes joined together due to crowding inside the wire support cage.

Whatever it is, I'm sure it will taste good once it ripens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The largest tomato in this shot weighs right around two pounds.  Look at the ruler.  Five inches is a good estimate of its size in girth.  I know, it's not totally round in shape but five inches is close enough for handgrenades.

The means of weighing it was not dependable either. I stepped on the scale, took note of my wieght, then picked up the tomato and weighed myself again immediately. It showed two pounds more that the original.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I picked all seven of these tomatoes from the same group setting.  Not only are they great looking, they are also so delicious I couldn't believe it.

Don't spread this around but the variety is:

Giant Tree Tomato.  If approached and asked about it from now on, I will deny any knowledge of the fact.

They arrived late in the tomato planting season; they came as seeds in tiny peatmoss cups and should not have sprouted, survived or grown to such size in so little time.

I WILL save some seeds from these beauties for next year and those resulting sets will be awarded the growing bed of honor, along side of the garage.  I can't wait to see how much they will produce when in a good location with idealic soil and all the tender, loving care I can provide them.  I expect to get a record crop or at least a record size tomato next year, so someone should alert the authorities to be expecting us.

This type of tomato is not red in color.  It is more like a pomegranate, mauve or light purple when fully ripe.

Beautiful!  Simply beautiful.  A fruit to be proud about. And I AM!

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ADENDUM: or...eating crow to follow.

I'm just no good.  I'm a hedious person.  I have no right taking up space and using the resources this life provides.

I am however, not truly sorry about the way I acted or expressed myself in http://happypappy.vox.com/library/post/listen-or-read-and-learn-from-my-mistake.html

I told no lies in the telling of that story.  I cannot find a satisfactory means of correcting any error or placating my nemesis without stirring up more trouble that I may be able to get out of.  I still would not recommend anyone do what I did in that story.  Regardless of how good the tomatoes turned out; it was like strolling through Hell just to gain access to the seeds. Even knowing what I know now, I still would not go through that experience again.  I simply would avoid the process.  

If you are sitting at home one day, watching a little television and a commercial for giant tree tomatoes comes on and you think to yourself….”I’d like to try some of those in my garden”….whatever you do, do NOT give in to that impulse and call them on the phone.

 

I’m not saying their product is no good.  I didn’t get that far.  I couldn’t get past the automated phone answering software far enough to be sure that I wasn’t going to be charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars for stuff that I had no interest in whatsoever.

 

That’s the problem.  They already had my credit card number, name and address but at no time was I permitted to talk to a human being.  All you can do is speak or push a number on your phone pad.  The voice on the other end never gets upset or anxious, nor can it be deterred from it purpose and that purpose is to offer you every product known to mankind and they have little if anything to do with tomatoes. 

 

The software is diabolical, devious, sinister and evil.  It feels no emotion and could care less if you are confused, upset or even furious.  It cannot be reasoned with and there’s certainly no chance of stopping the ordering process or canceling your order at that time.

 

I felt sorry for the man who answered the phone when I called their customer service number.  It wasn’t his fault but he was the only human I had spoken with in the last thirty minutes and I was furious by that time.

 

I ended up having to call  my credit card company’s customer service number and having them flag the name of the company that was selling the giant tree tomatoes.  Later today I will have to call that same customer service number and hopefully I won’t get the same man I spoke to yesterday, thereby trying to get them to cancel anything that may have been ordered by mistake or on purpose but definitely without my knowledge.  I wasn’t there then….the crazy consumer who lives in the room where my patience and temper lives was the only one present. Guess which one won the right to speak then.  It surely wasn’t patience.

 

That person is not me.  I never choose to be like that.  In fact, I hate it when I get like that but it’s their fault.  They should be ashamed of doing business that way.