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Transcript: Tomato Types
There's nothing like the flavor of a fresh, homegrown tomato. When it comes to tomatoes, we have many different types to choose from. Let me tell you about a few.There's the standard slicer-type. We have some great varieties that do well here in Texas. One thing about these, they tend not to set fruit as well when things start to get hot. So you have a good spring crop and you can have a fairly decent fall crop, but in the summer, the production really cuts down.
If you want summer production, cherry tomatoes are a great choice. These continue to set fruit on into the heat, although the skin can get a little bit tough. They're also very sweet.
There are also larger cherry-types, small fruity tomatoes that come in these clusters. You can pop them into your mouth; in fact, I seldom make it back into the kitchen with these things.
One of the newer additions to our many wonderful tomato types and varieties are the grape tomatoes. These are simply cherries that are elongated. They're extremely sweet and meaty and also set fruit well on into summer.
Then for a novelty, we have a type of tomato called stuffers. These are green, but I had to pick them just to show you what they look like. The stuffers are actually like a bell pepper inside. If you slice right through them, you can see that all the seeds are right up near the top. And the inside of the tomato is hollow. It's great for stuffing with chicken salad or tuna fish or something else, a neat addition to the garden.
With so many wonderful kinds of tomatoes, there's one for everyone. With your common sense tip for selecting a great type of tomato for your summer garden, I'm Skip Richter.
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