brewmaster15
02-21-2014, 02:18 PM
Tomatoes to me are a Godsend.... I grow them in the Summer here in New England ...I jar them, make sauce and make salsa which I also Jar. I'll eat them right off the vine all summer. Nothing like a fresh tomato!
Fall comes around and I'll jar them by the box load... then winter comes. I usually skip eating tomatoes until late spring/summer again because they taste terrible...Even the hot house grown vine ripened ones just don't have that same pizzaz, the same tastes and textures for me.
I was out picking up some cold cuts the other day and saw a weird looking Brown Tomato packaged up for sale.. Its called a KUMATO. a bit expensive but what the heck, something different to try. I bought them.
Just made a sandwich... and OMG>>> its like they are fresh from my garden in the SUMMER. The scent, texture, taste...absolutely amazing.
Did a little research, this tomato, the KUMATO
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kumatoes
The Kumato is a trade name given to the variety of tomato developed in Spain called "Olmeca", which went by experimental number SX 387. It is grown in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, and Canada by specially selected growers.[1] The Kumato is a standard size variety of tomato weighing between 80 and 120 grams. It is a green to reddish brown, and sweeter than typical tomatoes due to a higher fructose content.[2]
Unlike other tomato varieties, seeds cannot be purchased by the general public. Syngenta[3] has stated that they will never make Kumato seeds available to the general public as the Kumato tomato is grown under a concept known as a club variety, whereby Syngenta sells seeds only to licensed growers that go through a rigorous selection process, and participation is by invitation only. Syngenta maintains ownership of the variety throughout the entire value chain from breeding to marketing; selected growers must agree to follow specified cultivation protocols and pays fees for licenses per acre of greenhouse, costs of the seeds, and royalties based on the volume of tomatoes produced. Typically, Syngenta licenses only one large vertically integrated greenhouse producer per country that has well established relationships with grocery chains.
The introduction of Kumato into the marketplace has spurred the interest of both consumers and plant breeders alike. Through a similar growing club concept, Dulcinea introduced the Rosso Bruno tomato, marking the first competitor to Kumato available to the general public.[citation needed][verification needed]
As the Kumato is a hybrid, planted seeds will not grow plants identical to the parent.[citation needed]
If you guys like tomatoes but hate the off season ones... try these if you have a chance. I consider myself a tomato afficiando and these things rock!!
-al
ps, yeah I know getting pumped up about tomatoes is weird... but for me it was like finding an oasis after walking in the desert.:)
Fall comes around and I'll jar them by the box load... then winter comes. I usually skip eating tomatoes until late spring/summer again because they taste terrible...Even the hot house grown vine ripened ones just don't have that same pizzaz, the same tastes and textures for me.
I was out picking up some cold cuts the other day and saw a weird looking Brown Tomato packaged up for sale.. Its called a KUMATO. a bit expensive but what the heck, something different to try. I bought them.
Just made a sandwich... and OMG>>> its like they are fresh from my garden in the SUMMER. The scent, texture, taste...absolutely amazing.
Did a little research, this tomato, the KUMATO
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kumatoes
The Kumato is a trade name given to the variety of tomato developed in Spain called "Olmeca", which went by experimental number SX 387. It is grown in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, and Canada by specially selected growers.[1] The Kumato is a standard size variety of tomato weighing between 80 and 120 grams. It is a green to reddish brown, and sweeter than typical tomatoes due to a higher fructose content.[2]
Unlike other tomato varieties, seeds cannot be purchased by the general public. Syngenta[3] has stated that they will never make Kumato seeds available to the general public as the Kumato tomato is grown under a concept known as a club variety, whereby Syngenta sells seeds only to licensed growers that go through a rigorous selection process, and participation is by invitation only. Syngenta maintains ownership of the variety throughout the entire value chain from breeding to marketing; selected growers must agree to follow specified cultivation protocols and pays fees for licenses per acre of greenhouse, costs of the seeds, and royalties based on the volume of tomatoes produced. Typically, Syngenta licenses only one large vertically integrated greenhouse producer per country that has well established relationships with grocery chains.
The introduction of Kumato into the marketplace has spurred the interest of both consumers and plant breeders alike. Through a similar growing club concept, Dulcinea introduced the Rosso Bruno tomato, marking the first competitor to Kumato available to the general public.[citation needed][verification needed]
As the Kumato is a hybrid, planted seeds will not grow plants identical to the parent.[citation needed]
If you guys like tomatoes but hate the off season ones... try these if you have a chance. I consider myself a tomato afficiando and these things rock!!
-al
ps, yeah I know getting pumped up about tomatoes is weird... but for me it was like finding an oasis after walking in the desert.:)