Re: tomatillos
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- Subject: Re: tomatillos
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 07:40:48 -0600
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At 03:43 PM 10/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Allan Day wrote:
>
>> Can I take it that the size, 6cm. dia., is realistic?
>
>Allan,
>
>To me it is. A couple of years ago, I got a box of
>tomatillo plants mistakenly labeled as tomatoes.
>Well, I soon figured the difference! As Mary said,
>very prolific, branches extensively, etc. And the
>average size of the fruits was just about 6 cm.
>
>I made jam with mine, so I let them get ripe. If you
>harvest before that point, as suggested by Margaret,
>I suppose the average size would be a bit less.
>
>Pierre
>Zone 5
>
No, in fact I've never seen a tomatillo six cm. in diameter. Five cm. is
the largest I've ever seen and grown. They ripen in their own time, even if
that's two cm. in diameter. In other words, a two cm. tomatillo that's
turned yellow is not going to grow in size. Margaret
