I got the e-mail the other day and thought of going but me and my wife are heading up to Duluth for the weekend :(

SSE Tomato Tasting Report:

I did attend the tomato tasting at SSE. They had a very good turnout, I would guess 500 or more people, throughout the day.

The variety of different tomatoes and peppers to taste was very good. The taste of the tomatoes were very watery and lacked though. The tastes were off because ,this area of Iowa, including my own garden, were hit with substantial rains in the last two weeks, upwards of 14" and high winds.

I did try some new types of tomatoes I am going to try next year, Dr. Wyche's Yellow and Moonglow.

I identified my Brandywine as the Sudduth strain, same taste and look as their Brandywine. Note, Did not taste anything special, because of the rain.

The gardens were pretty, but heavy damaged by all of the rain, and lots of soil erosion. I walked the gardens and most people were walking by the Welcome center, but I hardly saw a soul on any of the outer gardens. It was neat seeing all kinds of varieties, that I have never seen or even heard of.

SSE seeds were 50% off, so I picked up lots of my seeds for next year. Note: Starting Oct 1st, it appears seeds will be 50% off as well, not sure if that includes online or not though.