GWRs are still really hard to sell, at least in my limited experience. People think anything green must be sour. I've seen the bins of discarded heirloom tomatoes from the local co-op, and most of the ones thrown away are GWR. Zebra Rita has been the only one I can sell, and I think it is because it has stripes, so customers know it is not an unripe tomato. My other GWRs that I have been able to sell have been cherry varieties that I mix into a color mix, and basically make people take them. Sometimes they still ask for a box without any green ones in it.
Dwarf Jade Beauty has got to be the least marketable tomato there is - both the plant and the fruit. People will barely take a free one, then tell me it is delicious when they try it...but it's green! And then they walk off. I am still going to grow a few plants of it for myself.
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