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Originally Posted by clkeiper
Taboule... it was a terribly tough year for tomatoes everywhere. i didn't even sell ANY by the bushel this year. only peck baskets and no one even batted an eye at 9.00 a basket. I saw them most other places for 10.00 a peck basket no quantity discount. 40.00 a bushel. half runners? I think they have a funky flavor nor am I interested in the extra work it takes to remove the string.. but I saw them for 2.00 a pound = $50.00 a bushel. only by the pound not by the bushel. and that was at a Mennonite farm stand. their prices are getting more competitive with retailers now.
Haraldsdotter... very nice.
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Carolyn, thank you always for your perspective, I get it.
One of the farms I wrote to asking about seconds recently replied:
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We do but it is a bit late in the season for your requests. Our tomato crop is waning and so are the seconds. Try us a bit earlier next season.
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A couple of years ago I was picking fruit late in october, early november. Things are-a-changing.
EDIT: I missed to ask, what is a half runner (second?) and what about the string?