"Steve Harris" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Nick Maclaren) wrote:

However, only about a third of the flavour is due to the variety.

I would put it at 75%. Last year, I grew Gardeners Delight, Red Alert
and Ailsa Craig on the same small plot with identical treatment.

The Red Alert was Ok to eat, very early and little work
The Ailsa Craig gave pleasant medium sized fruit and was rather a thug.
The Gardeners Delight were packed with that real tomato flavour form a
golden age when tomatoes were real tomatoes ...

I suspect that there are Gardeners Delight and Gardeners Delight. I have
always had the same flavour even from sowing and growing in identical
conditions. Perhaps some producers are getting on the GD bandwagon and not
being quite as honest as they might be ...

Mary

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