"Lawrence Akutagawa" wrote in message
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Of course, you could always go to the store and buy a tomato you like.

They usually come with seeds.


And, of course, it would be a crap shoot, knowing whether those seeds
would be the same as the parents. They could revert to something lame.

The usual litany about store bought tomatoes is that - unless you are
assured otherwise - those tomatoes are bred to be as hardy and tough as
can be such that they can withstand the kind of handling and processing
the backyard tomatoes cannot.

Do a web search on tomato seeds and you'll run across a number of vendors.
You'll be overwhelmed with the different varieties out there for the home
gardener. And unless you want to keep purchasing your seeds, opt for one
of the heirloom varieties. JoeSpareBedroom's comments apply to hybrids as
well as the store bought ones.


Gotta watch those heirlooms, though. Don't bet your whole season on them.
I've tried Rutgers a few times and they were lousy. Obviously, that doesn't
represent all heirlooms, though.