farmers' market: tuesday market tomatoes

[heresluck]

I haven't posted a market report in nearly a month. I have in fact gone marketing in the intervening weeks (though not so regularly as has been my wont), but for various reasons haven't been able to post. I can sum the reports up for you pretty quickly: "lots of corn, and a spectacular deal on portobello mushrooms one Saturday afternoon

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[kassrachel]

I can't identify most of the tomato varieties you mention, but I love their names. I want to write a poem about a wapsipinicon peach.

[heresluck]

Don't they have the best names? Wapsipinicon peaches are smallish rather heart-shaped tomatoes, pale yellow, and with a fuzzy peach-like skin. The skin is very thin, as are the walls of the tomato, so they're light and very juicy; sliced across the equator, they have a beautifully clear star pattern, with lots of tiny seeds. They are beautiful in salads. They're named after the Wapsipinicon River in Iowa, which is where this variety comes from; there are lots of peach tomatoes around here, but this one is by far my favorite (partly, but not solely, because of the name).