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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: picking and freshness
  • Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:10:23 -0500


I also pick them a few days early for the same reason. It also makes market
day go much more easily, as I can focus on the other vegetables!

Jill

From: five springs farm <fsfarm AT mufn.org>

> Tomatoes: we sometimes pick them "almost ripe," a couple of days ahead,
and
> lay them out in one layer in a shady place. We seem to have less blemishes
> and loss (something seems to get at them in the last day or two of
> ripening). They are long lasting this way, and taste just fine.
>
> Jim and Jo






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