Is it a tomato? Or is it a pear?

 

I have a handful of generous friends who never cease to amaze me. Last week Bill & Elaine brought me a nice big box of heirloom tomatoes from Ephrata, Washington, and I was delighted not just by the fact that they were incredibly delicious, but I had to do a double-take when I found this one. It looks just like a pear!

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This is the second year in a row that these same friends have given me some of the most delightful heirloom tomatoes I've ever tasted.

Don't believe me? 

This is a photo of the Ephrata tomatoes they gave me in 2010. 

 

Pretty, aren't they? Their beauty was definitely more than skin deep.

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[Angela Watts]

This illustrates why I almost exclusively grow heirloom tomatoes. Not only do they taste like tomatoes, but they are so aesthetically pleasing its hard to go back to plain red beefsteaks afterward.

[Brook Hurst Stephens]

You live someplace where you can grow them Angela? Lucky you!

Heirloom tomatoes are very difficult to grow successfully in Western Washington. Some people might be able to do it but I have tried and tried and been disappointed with my results. I am fortunate that heirloom tomatoes grow so well in Eastern Washington, and that people who travel back & forth across the mountain passes are happy to bring them to me (in exchange for a little jelly or jam.)

I remember when I used to be thrilled with a beefsteak, but you're right. Once you get spoiled with heirlooms it's tough to go back!