First Tomato of the Season

This slightly anaemic offering was picked yesterday. It tasted delicious but that could have been more a mind-trick than an actual taste sensation.

I have no idea what type of tomato this is, it grew up over winter underneath my blood orange tree. It is most likely a garden hybrid and has the hybrid vigour which allowed it to survive our frosty winter. Hybrid or treasured heirloom variety, it is still our first tomato of the season and deserved a bit of special treatment. I simply sliced it up, served it with crackers and homemade Camembert. It was nice to have a hint of the summery things to come although the

tomatoes planted by me will be a little while yet before they have anything to offer.

Tracy