A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Food Garden Forum The Tomato Forum My first Park Whopper

I picked my first Park Whopper tomato late yesterday and just had to take this pic. It's the biggest tomato I've ever grown that actually tasted good, too. I put it on a clear glass dinnerplate to show the size. The pic looks a little blurry but it didn't look that way before I uploaded it to photobucket. Oh well, it's good enough.

That is a very pretty mater.

So very pretty and red. I can smell it from here.
I thought my better boys were supposed to be big maters, they're not.. at least so far. yours is a nice big'un!

Cricket, I raised Better Boys (among others such as Marions and others) the last 3 summers and they never got this big. And they're suppose to be "the" tomato for this area. I called them the 'two-slice' tomatoes because it takes two slices for a sandwich..although they do overlap a little. Only gonna need one slice of these guys.

The Park Whoppers are the only variety I planted this year but I think at least a couple of the 9-pack are something else. The plants don't look the same.

Thanks to you and Jonni for checking it out.

Congrats on your first big tomatoe, quite an accomplishment

eat some for me i have those same dishes and i'm allergic so can't eat a good tomato and mayo sandwich any more

You have the same dishes?? What a coingkydinky. I've had those dishes for 23 years.

No maters?? That's a catastrophe!!

I'll try to mentally "teleport" some taste sensations your way.

thank you!!! i got my dishes about 5 years ago. love them

i miss mater sandwiches so much... and sloppy maters on my burgers... that one looks good.

I like those dishes because when you change your tablecloth or placemats, you have new dishes.

When did you discover you were allergic?

i've always been allergic, but lately (last year) i've gotten super sensitive.

So sorry.

Nice 'mater, Kalar!
Jiffy, I read somewhere about tomatoes that don't cause allergic reaction. I can't remember if it's one variety, or most yellow tomatoes in general, but yellows aren't as bad as red either way. I'll look into it fer ya! :wink:

you are awesome. i'll be waiting to hear!

That is a nice looking mater Kalar! I had my first fresh mater the other day! Nothing beats it! Sorry to hear you are allergic Jiffy!