Tomato Peculiarities

The tomatoes are ripening on the small side. Their taste (heirloom slicing)is quite spicy, great for a pasta sauce, not for a slice on a sandwich. There is also a little bit of green inside the only one that has ripened so far. Any idea what that is?

John

 

Not all heirloom and open pollinated varieties will ripen to the uniform red color we are used to seeing in store-bought or hybrid varieties. My Amish Paste tomatoes had distinctive green shoulders (inside and out) last year. This is normal and they never did redden their shoulders (even indoors for over a week).

Roger