$6.38/lb for heirlooms

budfaux · April 6, 2016

Local grocery store chain in Birmingham has heirlooms for $6.38 per pound.

What struck me is the individual stamps on each tomato indicated Canada or Mexico as country of origin.
For what it's worth, the produce was attractive to the eye, but weak/mushy to the touch.

Cole_Robbie · April 6, 2016

wow...

pmcgrady · April 6, 2016

I'll take 2 truckloads, in assorted colors... Where do I sign up?

BigVanVader · April 6, 2016

Come by my house in mid June, bring the trucks and plenty of cash.

Gardeneer · April 7, 2016

Over here, Trader Joe's sells them a lot cheaper ; A 2lb package is sold under $5. It has a lot of GWR that I don't like.

Gardeneer

slugworth · April 7, 2016

some food stores have a reduced price section for veggies on their way out.I look there for cheap heirloom tomatoes to use for seed.

My Foot Smells · April 7, 2016

what is GWR?

taboule · April 7, 2016

GWR = green when ripe

maxjohnson · April 7, 2016

I would charge my tomatoes based on brix rating.

8.0+ = $8/lb

10.0+ = $20/lb

12.0+ = $40/lb

deal with it...

(however, I haven't managed one with 12.0 brix yet.)

imp · April 7, 2016

One of our sort of local better stores, where I often pick up produce, had several types of "heirloom tomatoes", all loose, so one could pick what they wanted. Several black shouldered beefsteak types, some btight red pretty pleated ones, otheres.

I picked up a black one and it was just nasty squishy. Like a 3/4's filled saggy water balloon, ick! So I put that down, picked up a pleated one- no smell at all. So, did not buy any of those, but did check the romas from Mexico, and though did not buy them, they smelled a bit like a tomato!

I *think* the price was a bit over 5 dollars a pound for the heirlooms. So sad- what if some one eats that garbage and thinks that is how they are supposed to taste??

taboule · April 7, 2016

I've seen some "heirloom" tomatoes for sale at my local store that weren't much better than the usual "red golf ball-disguised-as-a-tomato". They just cost more.

Lindalana · April 7, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxjohnson

I would charge my tomatoes based on brix rating.

8.0+ = $8/lb

10.0+ = $20/lb

12.0+ = $40/lb

deal with it...

(however, I haven't managed one with 12.0 brix yet.)

I have not gone much above 8 yet so many ways to improve. But my other produce- carrots, peppers, zukes, eggplants are just dehydrating and drying from long storage- little to no rotting at all.
Carrots were uber sweet compare to store ones.
I spend late summer on canning- we just do not buy tomatoes till new season is in. Guess it is habit I grew up with.

tash11 · April 7, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

Over here, Trader Joe's sells them a lot cheaper ; A 2lb package is sold under $5. It has a lot of GWR that I don't like.

Gardeneer

The green ones I see at the store are green, but not ripe. Not sure if they are trying to sell them as fake GWR, or for fried green tomatoes....

FourOaks · April 7, 2016

Just today I had to break down and buy one of those crappy red baseballs from the store for Bacon Tomato Sammich's for dinner.

I thought I was going to have to get out the reciprocating saw to slice that sucker. Honestly, I would have paid that $6.38lb. if it was an option.

Cole_Robbie · April 7, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by imp

what if some one eats that garbage and thinks that is how they are supposed to taste??

I was thinking the same thing. I saw $5/lb "heirloom tomatoes" at the grocery store last year. None of them looked good to eat.

April 6, 2016	#1
budfaux Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Birmingham, ALABAMA Posts: 68	$6.38/lb for heirlooms Local grocery store chain in Birmingham has heirlooms for $6.38 per pound. What struck me is the individual stamps on each tomato indicated Canada or Mexico as country of origin. For what it's worth, the produce was attractive to the eye, but weak/mushy to the touch.

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maxjohnson Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: OH 6a Posts: 592	I would charge my tomatoes based on brix rating. 8.0+ = $8/lb 10.0+ = $20/lb 12.0+ = $40/lb deal with it... (however, I haven't managed one with 12.0 brix yet.) Last edited by maxjohnson; April 7, 2016 at 12:53 PM.

April 6, 2016	#2
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	wow...

April 6, 2016	#3
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	I'll take 2 truckloads, in assorted colors... Where do I sign up?

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BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Come by my house in mid June, bring the trucks and plenty of cash.

April 7, 2016	#5
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,915	Over here, Trader Joe's sells them a lot cheaper ; A 2lb package is sold under $5. It has a lot of GWR that I don't like. Gardeneer

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slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,150	some food stores have a reduced price section for veggies on their way out.I look there for cheap heirloom tomatoes to use for seed.

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My Foot Smells Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas Posts: 1,239	what is GWR?

April 7, 2016	#8
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	GWR = green when ripe

April 7, 2016	#10
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	One of our sort of local better stores, where I often pick up produce, had several types of "heirloom tomatoes", all loose, so one could pick what they wanted. Several black shouldered beefsteak types, some btight red pretty pleated ones, otheres. I picked up a black one and it was just nasty squishy. Like a 3/4's filled saggy water balloon, ick! So I put that down, picked up a pleated one- no smell at all. So, did not buy any of those, but did check the romas from Mexico, and though did not buy them, they smelled a bit like a tomato! I think the price was a bit over 5 dollars a pound for the heirlooms. So sad- what if some one eats that garbage and thinks that is how they are supposed to taste??

April 7, 2016	#14
FourOaks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: NC Posts: 511	Just today I had to break down and buy one of those crappy red baseballs from the store for Bacon Tomato Sammich's for dinner. I thought I was going to have to get out the reciprocating saw to slice that sucker. Honestly, I would have paid that $6.38lb. if it was an option.