I’ve always heard that the Grainger Co tomatoes we find in grocery stores are Empire tomatoes. It’s a variety grown by farmers, but I’ve never seen seed or plants for sale to Backyard Bill and Barb.Red? Hail I dont know. Lol. They from Graingrr County, tho.
Dad knows one of the owners there. I'll ask to see if he knows anything about the process.I’ve always heard that the Grainger Co tomatoes we find in grocery stores are Empire tomatoes. It’s a variety grown by farmers, but I’ve never seen seed or plants for sale to Backyard Bill and Barb.
For store maters, they’re nice and tasty, although I think a lot of what makes them special is the soil, latitude, and altitude. The terroir, I guess.
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