"When people bite into an heirloom, they're tasting tradition, the wisdom of the farmer, the season, and the particulars of the place where the fruit was grown."
- Janet Brown
HEIRLOOM TOMATO Season ending soon!
The heirloom tomato season is slowly coming to an end. Right now we have a limited supply to bring to the market. Arrive early to ensure you get your tomatoes!
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Often it's difficult even for professionals to tell whether a stand really grows the produce it sells, but Elser's Country Farm, which specializes in heirloom vegetables, is obviously the real deal: Everything comes from the Elser family's backyard in Yucaipa, and in winter, when production slows down, they sell at Torrance only every other week (they'll next show up Jan. 30). read more...
Tomatoes -- the fruit of a Yucaipa family's labor -- comes in literally dozens of varieties
Seven years ago, looking to make some extra money to pay their daughters' college tuition bills, Darrell and Maria Elser planted three varieties of heirloom tomatoes in their Yucaipa yard.
Today -- through purposeful and accidental cross-breeding, hours of online searches, travel to tomato festivals and a desire to educate people about the distinct history and flavor of each heirloom variety -- the Elsers sell 52 types at farmers markets throughout Southern California. read more...
Market Watch: Tomato growing with passion
Windshield doctor and heirloom tomato grower." It sounds like one of those joke advertisements, but Darrell Elser juggles these two vocations with aplomb.
He certainly provides the greatest diversity of tomatoes at Southern California farmers markets: more than 50 varieties, most of them heirlooms, lovingly grown on half an acre of his yard in Yucaipa, east of Redlands. Other than the fact that you have to pay for the fruit, visiting his stand is like having your own backyard tomato garden. read more...
Customers enjoying Elser's tomatoes...
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