On 2009-08-02 17:51:34 +0100, Dave Hill said:

On 2 Aug, 13:25, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-08-02 11:51:33 +0100, "Pete Stockdale"
said:







Taking it that you are not growing a small variety then the problem is
due to the flowers not being polinated, this produces what we used to
call "chats". When you gut them open there is no pulp and no seed
inside.
David Hill

Well I never !
Never had a "chat" in all my years of growing many different tomato
varieties.
My pollination systems must be OK then.
I wonder if this possible with other fruits and vegetables.

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

My husband (former commercial salad crops grower) also calls tiny
tomatoes 'chats' and potato farmers call little, marble-size potatoes
'chats', too. *No idea if it has anything to do with pollination for
potatoes, though.
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Ray will remember grading tomatoes into Pinks, Pink and Whites, Whites
and Blues
David Hill

He recalls Blues as being kidney shaped, Pinks were the largest, Pink &
White were the best i.e. golf ball size, Pink & White Crosses were one
size down and then there were Chats. He says the colour definition
comes from the colour of the tissue paper that lined the baskets in
which the different sizes were packed, pink paper, pink & white paper
etc. etc. This showed the grade of tomato without having to write it
onto a basket or labe. The baskets held 12lbs of toms and he recalls
that plums and potatoes were packed in them at one time. The salesmen
in the markets had their names stamped on the outside of the baskets
and they charged the Nurseryman x for the use of the basket and the
baskets carried the name of the salesmen, e.g. Monro's, T.J. Poupart
if his spelling and his memory are accurate!
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Sacha
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