Easy to Grow, Intensely Flavored Tomatoes.
Ancient Aztec heirloom tomato may be the best tasting in the world
Maybe you can’t boast to your neighbor you grew a 4-pound beefsteak whopper, but if you plant currant tomatoes, you can claim to have the most delicious. I realize that taste is a very personal experience, so I must say in my opinion, but I think you’ll agree.
How did tomatoes lose their taste?
Over 80% of tomatoes in the United States arrive from Mexico. Farmers choose varieties for yield per acre and the ability to resist shipping damage, not flavor. The fruits are picked green and ripened with ethylene gas. Green tomatoes are rock hard and won’t bruise during shipping. I don’t blame the growers — a ripe tomato is more delicate than an egg.
There are about 15,000 varieties of tomatoes, with about 3,000 varieties under cultivation. You will never find the most flavorful or unusual at a grocery store.
For eating, I prefer a sweet tomato rather than one that’s very acidic. At our organic farm in Central Texas, we experimented with a lot of varieties, looking for the perfect balance of flavors.
Heritage varieties such as Black Krim gets rave reviews from chefs and home gardeners. I like this one, “The flavor is…
