Perhaps on our planet there is no more popular vegetable than tomato. For many centuries it was considered unfit for food. But since the beginning of the twentieth century, he has gained tremendous popularity.
For those who have never seen this “exotic”, I can tell you that a tomato is a big berry that can weigh up to 250 g. Today, thanks to selection work, tomatoes can be painted in almost all colors of the rainbow. They are pink, blood red, raspberry, white, yellow, golden yellow and even ... black. This plant has a branched root system, which is quickly formed and goes far into the ground. Tomato seeds are usually small, flat, somewhat pubescent, slightly pointed to the base.
Over a century-long history, breeders have bred a huge number of varieties of tomatoes of various types and purposes. One of them is Tomato Miracle Market. It was the result of the joint efforts of the Poltava Experimental Station and the vegetable growing department of the same station in Kharkov.
The result of this work can certainly be proud. The bush of the cultivated variety turned out to be determinant, reclining, stunted and rather leafy. It can grow up to 108 cm. Its foliage is dark green, stiff. Streaks stand out sharply on the surface of each leaf. The fruits turned out to be flat-rounded, smooth, with a kind of ribbing near the peduncle. The color of the tomato Miracle Market is intensely red. The average weight of each growing fruit fluctuates around 73 g. The fruits themselves are very delicate and tasty. The growing season, which passes the tomato Miracle Market, ranges from 115 to 125 days. However, there are some disadvantages. In particular, it should be remembered that the bush is very unstable to both fungal and bacterial diseases. The yield produced by the tomato Miracle Market is considered quite high.
The resulting tomato variety is widely zoned. It can be grown in almost any part of the CIS, both in greenhouses and in open ground. It grows especially well in the climate of Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and the southern part of Russia.
Tomato Market Miracle, reviews of which are very favorable among gardeners and gardeners, can be used fresh - for making salads, fruit drinks, juice, etc. It lends itself well to canning and salting.
For the last operation, as a rule, a wooden barrel or a tub made also of wood is used. If you decide to make it yourself, you should know that any tree can be used as a material, except for coniferous. In the process of salting, it will give the tomatoes a rather unpleasant tarry smell. If you live in your own home, you can quite find a place to store barrels or tubs with a capacity of 10 to 50 liters. Large containers are used only in large families, because in the process of salting, the tomatoes located near the bottom, becoming soft, will simply be crushed lying on top. For the salting in barrels and tubs, the Miracle of the market is also perfect. Tomatoes of this variety have a fairly firm skin, which allows them not to turn into porridge until consumed.
Before starting salting, the container is carefully prepared. To do this, it should be washed with hot water with the addition of soda ash (liquor), then rinse well with boiling water, and then with cold water. Tomatoes themselves should choose those that are just starting to blush. In the process of salting, they will gain their strength and color. You should not pickle tomatoes with signs of a different marriage - cracked, damaged by any disease, or heterogeneously ripened.