Hi, folks -- if you weren't able to attend this year, think about doing so next year. It was a fantastic time!
We had a total of 24 attendees from various forums including Dave's Garden, Tomatoville, Gardenweb, and Tomatomania. That's outstanding for a first year event, and I was so glad to meet everyone! There were even a couple of folks that found out about the event as the result of google searches. According to the score sheets, folks brought a total of 89 tomato varieties. This is not to mention the array of cucumbers, peppers, herbs, homemade cold-pressed olive oil, mustard, fruit preserves, breads, pickled peppers, fresh salads, and desserts that people brought.
The unofficial taste winner of the event was JD's Special C-Tex. It is a variety likely based on Cherokee Purple or a similar black and bred in Conroe, TX (hence the C-Tex moniker) by a fellow named J.D. whose greenhouses provide many of the plants seen at Cornelius Nurseries. A lot of folks also liked Indian Stripe, and Brad's (Wild Boar Farms) striped varieties like Black and Brown Boar, Large Barred Boar, etc. Kellogg's Breakfast (brought by foolcontrol) was a pleasant surprise as well.
Because turnout was so good, we almost ran out of room at Benjamin Beason park. We used all the picnic tables and then some. ;-) There has already been some discussion about venues with better facilities for next year's event. Bryan/College Station is one possibility that's been mentioned.
Here's the photo album:
http://www.feldoncentral.com/garden/photos/v/settfest/
The SETTFest website:
http://www.settfest.com/
SETTFest 1st annual Tomato Fest a Resounding Success!!
Here's some highlights from the event.
Group picture:
Foolcontrol (Eric) manning his table. ;-) JohnnyRock on the right--
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Cactusman and JohnnyRock--
Greek Pasta Salad with tomatoes from several different growers. Lime Green Salad, BTD Heart, Black Cherry, etc. It was delicious!
Lots of tomatoes--
Another shot of lots of tomatoes--
Large Barred Boar--
Let the seed saving begin!
L to R: JohnnyRock, SnappyBob, Kim and hubby Garth, Cactusman, ewtx (Eric).
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Poona Kheera being sliced up for the pasta salad. It's my favorite cucumber:
Pulled pork--
Here's the list of varieties that folks brought to the SETTFest, according to the score sheets we gathered up:
Ananas Noire
Andrew Rahart
Anna Banana Russian
Arkansas Traveler
Aunt Gertie's Gold
Azoychka
Belye Nochi (White Nights)
Berkeley Tie Dye Heart
Big Beef
Big Sungold
Black and Brown Boar
Black Cherry
Black from Tula
Black Krim
Black Sea Man
Brad's Black Heart
Brandy Boy
Brandywine OTV
Brandywine, Sudduth
Break O'Day
Bulgarian #7
Burracker's Favorite
Carbon
Charm
Cherokee Green
Citron Compact
Coeur de Boeuf
Coyote
Dikaya Rosa (Wild Rose)
Dora
Dr. Carolyn
Dr. Carolyn Pink
Earl's Faux
Gajo de Melon
Glacier
Grandpa's Cock's Plume
Green Gage
Green Grape
Greenwich
Gregori's Altai
Haley's Purple Comet
Heinz 1370
Homestead
Indian Stripe
Jaune Flamme
JD's Special C-Tex (black)
Kalman's Hungarian Pink
Kellogg's Breakfast
Kimberly
Kosovo
Kroska Pink Bulgarian
Large Barred Boar
Large Red Cherry
Lime Green Salad
Linnie's Oxheart
Lumpy
Marianna's Peace
Merced
Mexico Midget
Monomakh's Hat
Noir de Crimee
Not Galina's
Olena Ukranian
Omar's Lebanese
Paul Robeson
Perito Italian
Persimmon
Pierce's Pride
Pink Potato Top
Pirikosm
Principe Borghese Dwarf Cherry x Green Grape
Rasp Large Red
Red Sun
Royal Black
Russian Bogatyr
Shuntukski Velikan
Siletz
Sungold f1
Super Beefsteak
Tangella
Tasmanian Blushing Yellow
Tiny Tiger
Tom's Yellow Wonder
Vezha
Vodar
Wes
Zogola
Zolotoe Serdtse
Zolotoy Korol
Banner--
Me on the left, ewtx and daughter on the right:
