Great Tomato Tasting

Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and Rutgers Cooperative Extension proudly announce the Annual Snyder Farm Open House and Great Tomato Tasting.

The event includes the very popular tasting of over 80 heirloom and hybrid varieties of beefsteak, plum, cherry, and grape tomatoes. Other highlights include tasting of apples and peaches from the NJAES Tree Fruit Breeding Program along with varieties of basil and honey.

The Melda C. Snyder Teaching Garden will showcase demonstration gardens of deer tolerant ornamentals; blueberries, hazelnuts, and hollies from the Rutgers breeding programs; examples of proper tomato plant culture; and a wall of fruit highlighting apple trees for the home landscape.

Wagon tours of the farm's research plots will be held throughout the event. Chef demonstrations featuring preparation of several recipes, Jersey Fresh Salsa tastings, turf labyrinth in the teaching garden and educational displays from various organizations are also expected.

Rutgers NJAES faculty and staff and Rutgers Master Gardener volunteers will be available to answer your gardening questions and to make your visit a pleasurable and memorable one.

Along with your camera and appetite, visitors are requested to donate non-perishable foods in support of the Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) program, http://rah.rutgers.edu/.

Visit our website for more information at http://snyderfarm.rutgers.edu/snyder-events.html

Price: $7.00 admission, children under 10 free