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Not a Polish joke
I posted last week about the mutant "peppermato" we found in our garden, but it turns out the joke is on me. My Polish brother-in-law gave us a tomato plant, which we planted near a red pepper plant. And as I've mentioned, everything became tangled so that we could barely tell one vine from another, so it's obvious we are a couple of clueless gardeners.
It turns out we are not the harbingers of a mutant cross-breed, but the owners of a Polish heirloom tomato plant called an Opalka. The fruit is shaped like a banana pepper and has very few seeds, but makes great sauce, apparently. Ours haven't ripened beyond a reddish-orange, so we may never know.
This is what the Opalka should look like:
photo courtesy of http://www.rockmeadowfarm.net/img/large/vegetables/tom-opalka.jpg
Thanks to all of the more experienced gardeners out there who restrained themselves from posting huge chuckles after my first post. Needless to say, I'll be doing a lot of planning for next year's garden over the winter.
It turns out we are not the harbingers of a mutant cross-breed, but the owners of a Polish heirloom tomato plant called an Opalka. The fruit is shaped like a banana pepper and has very few seeds, but makes great sauce, apparently. Ours haven't ripened beyond a reddish-orange, so we may never know.
This is what the Opalka should look like:
photo courtesy of http://www.rockmeadowfarm.net/img/large/vegetables/tom-opalka.jpg
Thanks to all of the more experienced gardeners out there who restrained themselves from posting huge chuckles after my first post. Needless to say, I'll be doing a lot of planning for next year's garden over the winter.
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Comment by steven bert on October 6, 2010 at 5:52am
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Comment by honey.leo on October 6, 2010 at 4:51am
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yup nice to listen from you well hope you enjoy it have a good day thanks doe sharing....may God bless you...
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Comment by marullacris on October 6, 2010 at 1:16am
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Comment by abaskovic on September 29, 2010 at 10:56pm -
Thanks, Dean! I will.
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Comment by Dean Bull on September 24, 2010 at 7:42am -
May I suggest you plant some hard-neck garlic? It must be planted in late October/November...
Dean
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