Summer in the Burg: Market Day. The good tomatoes are gone by 8:04 a.m.

Saturday at the Fredericksburg Farmers Market. A study in heirloom-tomato scarcity economics.

HURKAMP PARK · 7:00 AM

Gates open. Tote bags deploy. A retiree in a sun hat has been "just browsing" since 6:45.

Newcomer

Are these tomatoes local?

Farmer

They were. They're gone. It's 8:04.

You leave with kettle corn, a $9 candle, and three peaches you will absolutely forget in the car. The car from the other comic. The 140° one.