Tomato season opens at end of driveway
Folding table returns for its eleventh consecutive summer. Prices unchanged since 2019.
By Pop's grandsonSenior Pop Correspondent
· Issue 1 · 1 min read
The tomato table opened for business Saturday at 7:10 a.m., ten minutes behind schedule, which Pop attributed to “the dew.”
Three baskets were on offer at launch: one large, one medium and one he described as “the ugly ones, but they taste the same.” All three are priced at $4. Pop has not changed his prices since 2019 and has no plans to. “Inflation,” he said, “is not my department.”
Payment is by honesty box, a grey metal cash tin that once held fishing tackle. Pop checks it every forty minutes.
Asked about his outlook for the season, Pop looked at the sky for a long time and said, “We'll see.”
