Mexico Midget
Tomato…big flavor, small packaging
A single ‘Mexico
Midget’ heirloom tomato plant is the perfect addition to your veggie garden… this
summer it found a happy place in mine! The plant is indeterminate and by July
achieved a height of more than six feet (with support).
Tiny,
flavor-packed fruits began to appear in late July, and I was eager to taste
them. Fruits range from ½” – ¾” and the “packaging” is a delicate, thin skin that
melts in your mouth. These tomatoes add
color and pizzazz to your favorite salads and will provide a lovely garnish for
your casseroles. My plant continued to yield hundreds of tomatoes throughout
August and early September. (I
photographed a few in hand to show how tiny the fruits are at maturity.)
Solanum lycoperisicum ‘Mexico Midget’ will
find a home in my veggie garden next summer too, since it was a great performer
in 2013. It maintained healthy leaf
tissue throughout our wet-dry-hot-cold Wisconsin growing conditions (and I did NOT
spray chemicals on my edibles—no fungus, nor blight developed.) Fruits were plentiful and picturesque, and
each little gem was flavorful without being too acidic. Try ‘Mexico Midget’ in your veggie garden
next year… stand back and watch it grow!
M. Lynn Schmid, Certified Master Gardener
A.A.S. Landscape/Horticulture/Arboriculture
A.A.S. Landscape/Horticulture/Arboriculture
