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Old 06-04-2004, 09:38 PM
Jaques d'Alltrades
 
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Default Flavour and tomatoes

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Good point Mary. I suppose I should qualify what I said. I'm not a
tomatoe afficianado and I'm not trying to grow less widely
available/unavailable varieties. Sungold, Gardeners Delight, Pixie
(can't find that now), and a few others that I can't remember have all
been so much nicer and tastier than anything bought.
I suppose what I'm saying is I don't really care what it is because if
it's home grown it'll knock spots off any bought tom:-)


I only tried Poxie once. I found the plants all needed supporting,
contrary to the claims on the packet, and the 'well-flavoured' fruits
were less attractive to the palate than Moneymaker.

I sent a rather strong letter to Thompson & Morgan, and they sent me a
complimentary packet of their next year's introduction (name of which I
forget now - it was all of thirty years ago) which I planted the
following year, and that was a really flavoursome tomato.

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