"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
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gunner said:



"Andrea McGrath" wrote in message
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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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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

After enlightenment, the laundry.

Hi Pat,
They weren't tree tomatoes, the name 'eterne' was explained as
'everlasting'. It's possible it was just a regional name or it could well
be that it was the way they were stored.
Thanks,
Andi.