Читать книгу You Bet Your Garden Guide to Growing Great Tomatoes, Second Edition - Mike McGrath - Страница 9

There are no “wrong” tomatoes (other than those waxed-fruit varieties in the supermarket); you should grow what you like. So I’ll provide a few basic facts and helpful information—like how to start the seeds, how to support the plants, and how long you generally have to wait for ripe tomatoes—and you will fall in love with weird names and romantic illusions and grow as many different solanaceous flights of fancy as you can. Some will become your tomatoes forever, while others will end up being a dimly recalled one-season stand. That’s OK—you’re young and foolish, and we don’t judge. (Unless you dismiss the flavor of a first-rate tomato like big juicy Brandywine as “mealy” or something.)

Anyway, tomatoes are like wine—because all the good ones are red! (White wine is something you drink when you’re sick, like tea.) Actually, unlike wine, some of the best tomatoes aren’t red (but they aren’t white either, tea drinker!). Seriously, tomatoes really are like wine—because you often have the most fun when you break the rules.