farmers' market: house of strawberries and fog

[heresluck]

The market was all over fog this morning, so that I could hear the boy playing cello at the first corner well before I could see him. The leaves of the heirloom tomato plants I looked at (green zebra, yellow peach, brandywine) were shiny with damp. The people at the Gilbert & Sullivan Society table were joking about pea soup and exclaiming about

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[sdwolfpup]

Those strawberries in your icon are some of the best-looking strawberries I have seen. Except maybe that one Kaylee ate in 'Serenity.' Nonetheless. Mmm...strawberries.

[heresluck]

Kaylee! :::sob:::

And yeah, strawberries. I'm pleased to report that the pie turned out rather well.

[lalouve]

Oh, I love Brandywine tomatoes - I grow them on my balcony. Last year they formed a small forest along the entire length of the balcony, so this year it's just two plants... What are green zebras and yellow peaches like?

[heresluck]

Green zebras look like this: http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/23100/
They're medium-sized, and firm even when ripe, which makes them good for slicing. They make beautiful composed salads.

Yellow peaches are smaller and more delicate -- more seeds, more juice, thinner skins. Their skins are pale yellow, and fuzzy like a peach (hence the name). They're quite sweet, and I believe they're actually lower in acidity than tomatoes usually are, although I might be confusing them with another varietal.

[lalouve]

What a lovely picture! And the yellow peaches sound interesting; I'd never heard of them before. I'll have to see if they are in the seed catalogues, so I can grow them next year.