so tomato would actually have a cool tie in to Aggie Stadium — prior to the 1950s tomatoes had to be handpicked and didn’t travel well. The agriculture mechanics department helped develop mechanical harvesters and UCD plant scientists had to develop tomatoes with thicker skins that could withstand mechanical harvesting and trucking, known as the “square tomato”, which is what we rely on today to have tomato products year around. At the time, Hutchison Dr was lined with tomato fields and the researchers threw the tomatoes at the road to select the ones that didn’t splat as bad. Maybe could have a modern tomato toss outside the stadium. It would be pretty close to the actual spot.
Great local knowledge, I love that! I actually worked on a tomato harvester part time one summer. Romas for canning have a low bar when it comes to quality control, at least back in the 1980s. Thanks for sharing, I enjoy acquiring trivial knowledge.
OMG I love this idea!! I live in Spain half the year, and they have the a tomato fight festival that is so much fun. We should totally do a tomato fight either before or after a game....the kids would love it