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Dear Member,

Sloshing through another week of thunderstorms and rain, Saturday finally brought sunshine and a dry day so we were able to get into the tomato patch to pick. Tomatoes are prone to all kinds of disease and wet weather only makes matters worse. We can’t go into the patch when it is wet because any plant that may have a disease will transfer the disease through contact and move it through the patch. The tomatoes are holding on and look great despite the wet conditions. Slowly they are ripening and the flavor is delicious.

There will be a couple of different varieties of tomatoes that will be delivered during the tomato harvest. We pick the entire patch and so varieties will be mixed as they ripen.

The round red tomatoes are hybrid varieties that seem to have been placed somewhere behind heirlooms in the recent press. I’m not sure why because these are the tomatoes that will slice and be delicious on a sandwich. The other varieties that we grow are heirlooms that we have found will transport to the sites. Flora Lee is a long, Italian paste tomato that will almost always have green shoulders. It is thick with very little juice. We have been saving the seeds of this variety for years and it is the best paste tomato we have ever grown. The other heirloom is Gold Queen. This is the smaller, yellow to orange tomato. Very good flavor although slightly softer. The small orange cherry tomatoes are Sun Gold. A favorite.

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Enjoy the vegetables-Deb

Summer Squash-2 pounds

Cucumbers-2

Fennel-1

Walla Walla Onions-2

Cilantro-1 bunch

Slicing Tomatoes-1 1/2 pounds

Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes-1 basket

Gold Beets-1 bunch

Lilac Peppers-2

Orient Express Eggplant-2

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Peaches, Nectarines and Donut Peaches-1basket

Shiro plums-1 basket

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