gunner said:



"Andrea McGrath" wrote in message
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I had a look at the di Pachino, but that wasn't it. Pomodori eterne, I
think it was called, but I haven't been able to find it so far.
The search goes on D
Andi
Good luck. I think it may be a nursery or sellers trade or brand name.
Pomodori eterne or eternal tomato doesn't show up in any searches or
catalogs I have looked through. If it is supposed to be Italian you could
ask some folks from there. It was not a name I ever heard when I lived
there (76-81). Guisi http://www.judithgreenwood.com/ over at
Rec.Food.Cooking is an ex-pat living in Umbria, and there is another Italian
named Vilco hanging there, you would have to search him out.

Just a thought, but I wonder if the 'eterne' is somehow a confusion of
'indeterminate.' An old Italian vining type rather than one of the more
modern determinate tomatoes usually grown for cooking.

The one other thing 'eternal tomato' brings to my mind is is the tropical
perennial 'tree tomato.'

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/m...ee_tomato.html

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