Event
Great Tomato Taste-Off
After a few years’ hiatus, Quail Hill Farm’s Great Tomato Taste-Off returns to the East End. Each year, the farm organically grows somewhere in the range of 40 to 50 varieties of cherry, paste and heirloom tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and colors – including red, pink, orange, yellow, purple, and green. The summer’s hot sunny days and occasional rainfall help fulfill the promise of an outstanding crop from year to year. With pen and clipboard in hand, “tasters” taste and rate the tomatoes – with cubes of country bread and designer water to cleanse the palate between bites.
The 2023 tasting is scheduled for Saturday, September 2 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. This year, 44 varieties will be available.
Cost: $10/non-farm members, free/farm members ($5 suggested contributions are welcomed), free/kids under 12.
Heavy rain cancels. Please park on Deep Lane, reached via Town Lane or Side Hill Lane, and follow the signs to Birch Hill.
These top-rated tomatoes from past Taste-Offs are among the 2023 crop:
Matt's Wild Cherry, Black Cherry, Sungold, Green Zebra, Rose de Berne, Pink & Yellow Brandywine, Paul Robeson, Cherokee Purple, Garden Peach, and Amish Paste and Speckled Roman (as sauce)
