On 18 Jul 2004 06:19:47 -0400, (Al Dykes) wrote:

Al Dykes wrote:
I've got lots of large hard green tomatoes. A few of them have a dark
brown, nearly black. discoloration that covers part of the fruit. The
locaton seems random. The fruit isn't softened or in any way bloated.

The location of the spot on the tomatoes, or the location of spotted
tomatoes within the tomato population? BER affects the bottom of a
tomato, but not all the fruit.