2024 Ugliest Tomato Contest

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Big Bubba has one with the promise of Winning Hideousness:

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The Gotch

[pepperhead212]

I saw this one today, that I couldn't believe was actually one tomato!
One of those "ugliest tomatoes", from one side. A Beefmaster hybrid. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Here's that "ugliest tomato", shown from the other side. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

[pepperhead212]

Here's that tomato, picked, and shown from top and bottom. And a new one, from another plant.
Blossom end view of that "ugliest tomato". by pepperhead212, on Flickr

That "ugliest tomato" from the top. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Another "ugliest tomato" - the only larger tomato picked on 7-25. One of the Oaxacan Jewels. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

[Mark_Thompson]

Bottom most one looks like a clenched fist of some three fingered creature.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

The Gotch throws down the gauntlet; in a Perfect World, this Mushroom Basket Heirloom would put him in the lead.

Please note the Black Hole @05:00, a thin rotted lobe @08:00, and a juicy yuckey rotten lobe @10:00

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The other side: Leprosy...?

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Bottom most one looks like a clenched fist of some three fingered creature.

Hmm; not like a red-faced, bald, squinty-eyed, toothless man who just got done sucking on a lemon...?

The Gotch

[FatBeeFarm]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg That's so ugly, it's gone past merely ugly, "interesting" as they say in the South

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg That's so ugly, it's gone past merely ugly, "interesting" as they say in the South

Yer too kind. Seriously, have you's ever seen a leprotic Tomato, before?

Anywho, if the contest ended today, The Gotch brings home the Gold...?



The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

I saw this one today, that I couldn't believe was actually one tomato!

Yoikes! I'm surprised you'd didn't turn to stone...or a Salt Pillar.

The Gotch

[MissS]

Are you sandbagging again @Cornelius_Gotchberg? That is NORMAL for Mushroom Basket. In it's little family it would be beautiful.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Are you sandbagging again @Cornelius_Gotchberg? That is NORMAL for Mushroom Basket. In it's little family it would be beautiful.

Sandbagging...moî...? No ma'am, that is beyond the realm of possibility; my experience with Mushroom Basket, until recently, has included neither rotted ribs/lobes nor leprosy.

The Gotch

[Mark_Thompson]

Bottom most one looks like a clenched fist of some three fingered creature.

Hmm; not like a red-faced, bald, squinty-eyed, toothless man who just got done sucking on a lemon...?

The Gotch

Hmmm not so much. These fruits are turning into quite the Rorschach test

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

With this here Big Bubba, and the leprotic Mushroom Basket above, The Gotch should be dusting off a place for that Ham/SPAM Award.

Just one photo wouldn't accurately depict its frightful disfigurement:

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Mushroom Basket sure as heckfire lends itself to repelling repulsiveness

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Moon Shot:

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Moon Shot 2.0:

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The Gotch

[AKgardener]

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Nothing special but all I got

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Boxcar Willie. Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack): "The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it."

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Moonshot 3.0:

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The Gotch

[JayneR13]

They'll look beautiful in a jar of sauce! And they'll sit better in your stomach, and taste better, than anything you'll find on your average store shelf. Those may LOOK perfect, but the taste is hideous! I vote for store-bought maters as the ugliest tomato!

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

They'll look beautiful in a jar of sauce! And they'll sit better in your stomach, and taste better, than anything you'll find on your average store shelf. Those may LOOK perfect, but the taste is hideous! I vote for store-bought maters as the ugliest tomato!

All, including the Kisser/Moon Shot, were cut up and have been draining overnight for the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch's famed Jenny's Tomato Breads; can't hardly wait!

She substitutes a baguette for the french bread: https://auntshoe.blogspot.com/2012/07/t ... nzeys.html

The Gotch

[bower]

Not having a bumper year for ugly here, except for plain ordinary beat up fruit by a hurricane. That ugly star is sure shining over Wisconsin this summer.... sheeeesh!!!!

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[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

That ugly star is sure shining over Wisconsin this summer.... sheeeesh!!!!

Heh! A back-handed compliment for the ages! When the subject of Ugly Tomatoes arises, WESconsin deserves mention!

Them there Uglies made some right fine Jenny's Tomato Breads!

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The Gotch