On Tue, 20 May 2003 07:43:32 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12"
wrote:
Tomatoes are tender perennials not vines.
You should still ask them what kind it is.

Susiemw wrote

Be that as it may, the name for these in the grocery stores around here is
"tomatoes on the vine"

There's also the term "vine-ripened" which I've never quite
understood. Guess it means they weren't picked green and gassed. Fat
chance! The thing that makes me crazy is supermarket ads for
"beefstake" tomatoes. Directs my thoughts toward Dracula....