This is actually 11 newly germinated 'Rutgers' tomato plants. After some extensive research online as to the best variety of tomato for home canning, I found that 'Rutgers' appeared on virtually every list. And it was the only one that had such universal popularity. So, although I rarely try to be with the 'in crowd', I'm going with the popular tomato as over 25 canners can't all be wrong. Right?
And for the sake of full disclosure, I really did say that "no one needs ten tomato plants" back in August. At the time, I believed it with all my heart. That was before I tasted homemade catsup. Now, I'm addicted. The only way to have homemade catsup without a (expensive) visit to the farmer's market is to have about ten tomato plants in full production. So, I'm eating my words. With catsup on them.
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