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June 2014
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Taste of summer at annual Tomato Round-Up
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By Laurel Robertson
t may have been true once, as Guy Clark says, that “there’s only two things that money can’t buy, and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes” - but at Dripping Springs’ Third Annual Tomato Round-Up, for just a couple of dollars anyone can taste dozens of varieties of the best homegrown tomatoes in northern Hays County. (You’re still on your own with true love....) This year’s Tomato Round-Up, sponsored by the City of Dripping Springs and organized by its Farmers Market Commmitte, is on the first day of summer (June 21) at Founders Memorial Park. There’ll be plenty of room for tasting tables, info booths, food booths, live music, and kids’ games, with the Park’s swimming pool and new playscape close by. Next-door neighbor, the Dr. Pound
Pioneer Farmstead Museum, will be offering tours of the 1850s restored homestead, along with old-fashioned freshsqueezed lemonade under the the ancient live oak trees. The stars of the show will be an amazing array of garden-fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes — from the smallest, sweetest cherries to the largest, juiciest slicers, to the richest, most flavorful heirlooms. Gardeners from across the Dripping Springs area are invited to bring their brightest and best tomatoes to compete for prizes and bragging rights in five categories: cherry, yellow, heirloom, red slicers and romas. For just $1/category, the public can taste every entry and vote for their favorites. A panel of professional chefs, City Council members and other distinguished See TOMATO ROUND-UP, page 2
Taste tomatoes of many varieties at Round-Up June 21. Photo courtesy Tomato Round-Up.
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