Re: First fruits
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- Subject: Re: First fruits
- From: D* W*
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:29:17 -0500
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Now its my turn to be soooo jealous! The only good tasting tomatoes
here are the grape tomatoes that are now appearing in the grocery
store. All the rest are those ghastly greenhouse things!
--
Debby Williams
Advanced Master Gardener
Oakland County, Michigan, USA
USDA Hardiness Zones 6a/5b
Adrian Kirk wrote:
>
> In August last year there was a lot of discussion on this list about
> tomatoes fruiting and how wonderful home grown tomatoes are! Living in
> New Zealand, that was the middle of winter here and I was soooooooo
> jealous. It's now mid summer and yesterday I picked and consumed my
> first tomatoe. It was a taste explosion and I was glad it was a cherry
> tom, I think I would have been overcome by taste had it been any bigger!
>
> I look forward to many more fruit over the next few weeks.......we have
> over 50 tom plants, from the cherries to beefsteaks, black,yellow,green
> et al.......summer's going to be good!
> Adrian
