These are destined for the freezer, and will take up at least two drawers if my calculations are correct...
They're a type known as 'Shirley', and we've grown them every year as a staple tomato, with huge flavour, and great possibilities in cooking, freezing, sauces etc! We used to do everything with these beauties, and this year, they've just boomed - possibly because of the muck I've spread around them every few days, and the fabulous summer weather, but nevertheless, I feel rather proud of them at this stage!
They're just turning as we speak, and, with several others growing in the greenhouse behind, and more in trays in the front, I hope to have the best year ever - as long as the dreaded 'Late Blight' doesn't strike, as it has on many occasions!
I also learned something only yesterday, in that reducing the fruit to freeze them with less water, takes away many of the water-soluble nutrients that toms produce. I never knew that, so perhaps freezing them whole, after blanching, has to be an option, in which case, I hope Currys have a freezer sale on pretty soon...
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I bow before your expertise. We manage to kill off most of what we plant, the only regular successes being strawberries and raspberries. This year, though, after seasons of bug infestation alternating with fruit like buckshot, our five year old plum tree can't hold the weight of fruit it has produced. Branches are sagging and the plums are still, I would guesstimate, a few weeks from ready to pick. The next problem is that the doctor is throwing out hints that I may be borderline diabetic and so I can't convert our plum plenty into several pounds of jam . . .
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