This heirloom tomato is new to me, but I received four plants as a gift today while volunteering at the Cornell Cooperative Extension. I was there for a Beautification Committee meeting. In everyday speak, that means I was pulling weeds for 2 hours.
In any event, I'm looking forward to planting these tomatoes, which couldn't have come at a better time, what with the early demise suffered by their predecessors. It's a little late to plant, but in 85-90 days, say around Sept. 15, I hope to be drizzling them with olive oil.
Lycopersicon esculentum promises 10-12 ounce dark reddish-brown beefsteak tomaotes. Most tomatoes I've encountered have been red, aside from the ones that disappear into the black hole at the back of my refrigerator. When discovered, those are often green and black, but I digress.
They're said to have gotten their name from their land of origin, the Island of Krim (or the Crimean Peninsula) in the Black Sea off the Ukraine.
I don't have any photos of this one, but you can check out their freaky good looks here.
