The Tomato

The tomato! Purple, pink, green, yellow, orange, stripped, black, chocolate and red! Early, late, determinate, indeterminate, hybrid, heirloom, disease-resistant, oblong, round, squat, patio, bush, climbing,
vining, horn worms, early blight, late blight, nematodes, blossom end rot, blossom drop, curling leaves, sun scald, leaf spot, flea beetles, stink bugs, aphids, blister beetles and Colorado beetles, fusarium wilt, mosaic, bacterial wilt, downy mildew, anthracnose, leafhopper, cutworm, tomato fruit worm, cages, stakes,
fresh, canned, cold hardy, heat tolerant, seeds, seedling, mature, deer, birds, and harvest! Fruit or vegetable?
It is estimated that 35 million Americans grow tomatoes in their back yard. World wide who knows how many! It is by far the most grown "veggie" in the back yard and the competition is mighty to have the first ripe tomato of the season!
So I begin my vegetable garden with the elusive tomato!
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