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urow uae any leuuce — neeus no special treatment. Sugar Loaf is a crisp, green chicory resembling a giant head of romaine lettuce. Not especially bitter, but very flavorful.
■ Tomatillo: Mexican tomato that is not a tomato but a botanical cousin. Larger than a cherry tomato. Light with green husk. Used extensively in Mexican and Southwestern cooking. Combines well with chicken and may be used in salads. Grow like a tomato.
■ Tomato: Warm soil two weeks before planting by laying black plastic over planting bed. Transplant 2 to 6 inches deeper than seedlings are growing in pots, either on their sides or straight down. Side dress with fertilizer after first fruit forms. Some hybrids: Better Boy VFN — most popular large, round, red tomato. Good fruit production and disease resistance. Indeterminate. Mid-season. Beefmaster VFN — very large, flattened fruits. The kind of beefsteak tomato that covers an entire piece of bread. Indeterminate. Late season. Lemon Boy — a new F-l hybrid producing round, bright yellow fruit. Late season, indeterminate. Celebrity F-l VFN — vigorous determinate, producing mediumlarge, round red fruit. Nice flavor. 78 days. Sweet 100 — red cherry tomato. Sweet. Fruit borne in clusters.
Tomatoes also come in European varieties, such as St. Pierre (strong tomato flavor), and cooking varieties such as Roma (low add plum tomato that may be eaten fresh too) and San Marzano (used for pastes and sauces, and also dried).
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