The Return of a Lost Jersey Tomato

(NYTimes) - ... “What we’ve got here is a memory of how tomatoes used to taste.”
That memory is so powerful that when the seeds of a favorite tomato, the Ramapo, became unavailable in the late 1980s, the state’s gardeners began a letter-writing campaign, demanding that Rutgers bring it back.
“The 1990s is when we began to hear a swelling of dissatisfaction with the flavor of tomatoes in New Jersey,” Mr. Rabin said. “Something had to give.” Continued

Photo: Spenceola Farms Tomatoes, Canon EOS 5D