The Tomato Counter

By Michelle Fabio

Perhaps eighty-one-year old former finance Ford executive Cy Buersmeyer used to be more concerned with bean counting, but now he’s shifted his focus—to tomatoes.

Grape tomatoes, to be exact, from two plants that he bought on a whim at Ken’s Country Produce in Westland, Michigan, outside of Detroit.

Before you hear the final numbers, you should know that Buersmeyer, an admitted very amateur gardener, bought the 12 inch plants as they were just blooming and on May 13 put them outside under glass, protecting them from chilly late spring temperatures in Michigan.
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