Jersey Corn at Princeton farmers market

Farmers in New Jersey got a late start with their planting this spring, so for a while, it looked like New Jerseyans might have to make it through the 4th of July holiday without the usual Jersey sweet corn and Jersey tomatoes. That disaster was averted by a favorable turn in the weather in late spring. The harvest of tomatoes and corn commenced just in time, in the week before the 4th.

Local corn and tomatoes were just a couple of the crops on display in a couple of farmers markets that I visited in the Princeton area the weekend after the 4th.

Here's my report on my June 7 and 8 visits to Mercer County, N.J. farmers markets.