New Jersey Ramapo Tomato – Direct from Israel

By Michelle Fabio

New Jersey is known for its tasty tomatoes, and the Ramapo, named after a New Jersey Indian tribe and developed at Rutgers University in 1968, is reportedly one of the best.

And now it’s back after a 20-year absence thanks to eight years of research, including countless taste tests by willing subjects.

Back in Israel that is.

This is thanks to the “Jersey Tomato Working Group,” which is comprised of tomato enthusiasts from a variety of disciplines from economy to horticulture. The group chose a seed company in Israel to help develop the Ramapo at a reasonable price, and earlier this month nearly 600,000 of the seeds Read the rest of this entry »