Re: Ripe Tomatoes Was: Ripe oranges

Actually, I think supermarket tomatoes are getting to taste better and
better.  And there seems to be a greater variety.  This year I stopped
vegetable/fruit gardening almost completely, having finally faced up (or
grown up) to the fact that I was captive of an old mystique and that 
insisting on raising much of my own has not been worth the time, energy
and primarily the expense. There is now such a
wide range of reasonably priced, good quality and frequently organically
grown vegetables and fruits offered in the supermarkets and specialty
stores that I don't miss the constant battle of the vegetable plot at all. As
a matter of fact, it's a relief. And a release to dabble more
extensively in other, more satisfying areas of plant-raising.


On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:

> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:55:38 +1200
> From: Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: 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
> 
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata, 
> New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
> 
>
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