What's so great about Flora Nurseries? Flora Nurseries in Mattituck = Greenhouse grown heirloom tomatoes. Heirloom tomatoes come in various colors from yellow, orange, odd cherry red, purplish, green, and my personal favorite dark green mixed with red.. The concept was around for years as families used the same seeds for generations. Growers often tried to cultivate colors and shapes they liked. There are many rare ones. The ones here are more of the popular ones.
They taste amazing, have far more flavor, seem devoid of acid, and are often either gorgeous or horridly ugly.. They are sometimes creepy when small growers grow them.. but are cooler still.. A real treat in the summer with mixed greens or even better as my mother likes them just sliced into wedges.
They go out of season on the east end with the weather.. except here.. where greenhouse is on steroids. The proprietor is a greenhouse expert and powers up the east end delivering wholesale to other farm stands. Even other tomato growers sometimes sell these along side their own more so in the fall. They are not certified organic.. Organic heirlooms can be found at Sang Lee and Garden of Eve.
This is the source of most heirlooms after the season ends.. I literally just picked up a bunch all the way at Young's Farm in Brookville and they were brought in from here. read more