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Des Higgins wrote:

Last year we grew our first ever greenhouse tomoatoes.
We did Sungold and Tigerella.
Sungold were stunning and we will do them again. They are small, orange
and
have an intense sweet flavour.
Tigerella are medium sized and were watery and we wont do them again.

We would like to grow medium sized varieties for cooking and salads.
What
are your favourites?

Des

We used to grow Marmande tomatoes at home (SW Frogland). Incredibly
sweet and flavoursome, though some of that might have been down to
climate.
I have recently seen a "super Marmande" in a UK based seed company
catalogue, so I assume they can be grown successfully here too - though
I haven't grown any tomatoes in my new garden yet
They grow very large fruit, but quite firm and very, very flavoursome.
Perfect for just about every culinary use, cooked or raw.
The neighbour's cat used to laze among the rows of plants in the
summer, and would have that incredibly tomato-plant smell permanently
on her. I'd better stop before I begin sounding like Proust and his
madeleines.
Anyway, Happy New Year, young man.


We have a nice big greenhouse so, in principle, we can match Toulouse type
outdoors weather. I get wary of varieties of varieties as the blurb in
catalogues can make estate agent speak sound almost honest so I am wary of
super marmande; I will see if we can find ordinary marmande. Nice mega
tomatoes are fantastic if they have a good taste (olive oil, capers,
mozarella and a sunny evening).

On a complete tangent, we have at long last booked 10 days on the canal du
midi nest June/July. We have been meaning to do it for years but finally
booked it this year.

Des


Cat(h)
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