Even high temperatures were not keeping farmers and vendors away from earning their paychecks at the festival Saturday.
It's a big event that many look forward to all year.
It doesn't matter if you say tomato or “tamata” or if you call it a vegetable or a fruit.
Slocomb, Alabama is famous for them.
"When I actually married a tomato farmer, I realized just how important the Slocomb tomato is" says Valerie Aplin of Aplin Farms in Slocomb.
"When I was a young boy, I sold Slocomb tomatoes. My Daddy and I had a vegetable stand" says Congressman Bobby Bright,(D) Montgomery.
For some it’s a memory, but for others, a reality.
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Slocomb Holds 21st Annual Tomato Festival
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