A pleasant surprise from the garden

In the late 90's I concentrated on growing heirloom vegetables and herbs.One of the heirloom tomatoes was "Snow White Cherry".This one did not impress me much and would probably have been tossed after that season.One good thing did come from "Snow White Cherry" and that was a sport growing from one of the plants.This branch had bright,lemon yellow fruit,in sharp contrast to the very pale yellow of SWC.The taste was very good so I decided to dry some of the seed and give them a try.The downline plants came true from seed so the plants were named
"Lemon Drop" and were shared with Seed Savers Exchange.Seed Savers trialed them and later offered them for sale in their store.Here is Seed Savers description from their seed packet;

Lemon Drop Tomato

Lycopersicon lycopersicum

"a pleasant surprise in the trials at Heritage Farm,where each season more than 750 varieties of tomatoes are grown.Heavy sets of 1/2 to 3/4 inch translucent yellow cherry tomatoes.

Nice,clean,tart-sweet flavor.Indeterminate.80-90 days from transplant."

I continue to grow "Lemon Drop"usually planting two crops a year.The early spring planting and a couple of late fall plants to carry through in the greenhouse.These,along with a few red cherries make good grazing through the winter.A couple of cautions are in order.Late rain can cause some cracking if it come while the fruit is ripening.If you are a seed saver,I suggest that you just dry the seed and save rather than fermenting.These seed tend to sprout during the fermentation process.Seed are not commercially available except through Seed Savers Exchange but we will be offering them through Country Garden next spring

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