Re: Ripe Tomatoes Was: Ripe oranges
Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> Which reminds me, the first tomato that looked ripened, though it was
> quite small, was bright red. I cut it and there was not a lot of juice.
> The flesh was fairly firm but it did have a wonderful taste. It even had
> more taste than store bought tomatoes. I have been growing them in sand,
> and that tomato still had flavor :).
Barry
I would have been very surprised if it had NOT had more flavour than
store-bought fruit.
These are usually varieties chosen almost exclusively for their long
shelf life (Flavour is a very minor consideration) and often they are
also not fully ripe either.
Grow your own a bit more and you will entirely lose your taste for
"plastic" store monstrosities.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
