The start of tomato season is the gardeners equivalent of Christmas and May Day rolled into one. Sinking your teeth into the first vine-ripened tomato is both a decadent and spiritual experience. While the very early varieties always leave something to be desired, they are a vast improvement over the impostors the supermarkets sell as Tomatoes, and they portend to culinary experience to come. 
This year I grew an early variety called 4th of July which had it been named 4th of August it would have exceeded my expectations rather than causing me sleepless nights by not producing an edible fruit until the last week of July. I may be exaggerating my torment a little here, but only because of a little gem called Sungold. If you have never tasted one of these cherry tomatoes you have not experienced the full glory of tomato season. Very early maturing, astoundingly prolific, with a flavor explosion that defies description. My wife is addicted to them. I can actually hear her sneaking one from my secret stash right now. Yes, I keep a secret stash (apparently not too secret!), I have to do it, I have no choice. When I pick tomatoes in the afternoon (I have no idea if picking tomatoes in the afternoon is horticulturaly correct) she will stand by the garden basket in the kitchen and eat them all. I'm worried. I know they are of the Deadly Nightshade family, is it possible to O.D. on them? Would I get arrested for assault with a deadly weapon? I did double the number of plants I grew this year. That might not look good in court.
This year I grew an early variety called 4th of July which had it been named 4th of August it would have exceeded my expectations rather than causing me sleepless nights by not producing an edible fruit until the last week of July. I may be exaggerating my torment a little here, but only because of a little gem called Sungold. If you have never tasted one of these cherry tomatoes you have not experienced the full glory of tomato season. Very early maturing, astoundingly prolific, with a flavor explosion that defies description. My wife is addicted to them. I can actually hear her sneaking one from my secret stash right now. Yes, I keep a secret stash (apparently not too secret!), I have to do it, I have no choice. When I pick tomatoes in the afternoon (I have no idea if picking tomatoes in the afternoon is horticulturaly correct) she will stand by the garden basket in the kitchen and eat them all. I'm worried. I know they are of the Deadly Nightshade family, is it possible to O.D. on them? Would I get arrested for assault with a deadly weapon? I did double the number of plants I grew this year. That might not look good in court.
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