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Heirloom

August 23, 2016 by Dale 6 Comments

Coassack Tomato -1

Portal to our past
Tomato Inheritance
Indeterminate.”

Coassack Tomato -3  Coassack Tomato -4

Coassack Tomato -5

Coassack Tomato -6

Gorgeous and fully ripe, this is one of the newest beauties from my heirloom tomato garden: a “Russian Cossack.” An indeterminate tomato, it falls between a salad and beefsteak depending on the actual tomato and with a beautiful green-gold stripe against the orange/red skin, the tomato is classified by some as a “blue” tomato. And for those that don’t judge book by it’s cover, here’s what this juicy jewel looked like on the inside … as it became our Greek salad.

Coassack Tomato Sliced -1

Coassack Tomato Sliced -3   Coassack Tomato Sliced -5

Coassack Tomato Sliced -6

All text and photography © Dale Schierbeck

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Filed Under: Flora, Garden/Vegetables, Haiku, Macro, Nature, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged With: garden, green, Haiku, heirloom, macro, Photograph, rare, Red, Russian Cossack, tomato, Weekly Photo Challenge

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Comments

  1. Imelda says

    August 25, 2016 at 5:49 pm

    Looks so yummy!

    Reply
    • Dale says

      August 26, 2016 at 9:16 am

      Thank you, Imelda. I would highly recommend the variety to tomato lovers. A very nice balance of flavour, acidity, juice, and texture. Yummy indeed.

      Reply
  2. Bipasha says

    August 25, 2016 at 11:19 am

    Your photos say ‘Fresh’!

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    • Dale says

      August 25, 2016 at 1:34 pm

      Hi Bipasha — Would you mind elaborating on your comment. Not sure if there is word missing, but I’m not sure what you mean? Thanks.

      Reply
  3. Jan says

    August 24, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    The tomato is absolutely amazing, far too nice to cut into, but I see you did!! Lovely photos

    Reply
    • Dale says

      August 25, 2016 at 1:45 pm

      Thanks Jan — tomatoes make good subjects. They never blink or squirm … but this one was definitely even more pretty in real life. I don’t think the photos quite do it justice, but glad you liked them. Thanks again for the comment.

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