Market Farming

["Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>]

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