They have catchy names like Green Zebra, Andean Horn or Snowflake, are particularly aromatic and are a must in any good menu: tomatoes, or Paradeiser, as organic farmer Margit Mayr-Lamm from Allhaming prefers to call them. She has a good reason for this: “The name Paradeiser is derived from the ancient Greek word Paradeisos, which means the Garden of Eden.”
She finds this name absolutely fitting for her seed-stable varieties, which are suitable for propagation. “For me, tomatoes are the hybrid varieties that are offered cheaply in supermarkets and usually cannot compete with the quality of tomato specialties.”
The fruits have been ripe on the farm of Mayr-Lamm and her husband Josef for about two weeks. You can buy them, along with other vegetables, every Friday in Allhaming, at the Linz South Station or on Saturday at the Steyr Farmers’ Market. All rare tomatoes cost 6.50 euros, and cocktail varieties cost 11.40 euros per kilo.
Good sales
“If you find your favorite tomato here, you can grow it yourself next year using the seeds from the fruit,” recommends Mayr-Lamm. She is not afraid that her sales could drop as a result. “No, we are not running out of customers,” she says, laughing. “I would even think it would be a good idea if every household had a drawer with seeds of different types of vegetables and fruits that people could fall back on when times get tough.”
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