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Old 09-09-2010, 10:18 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default No More Heirloom Tomatoes For Me!

David Hare-Scott wrote:
I won't be giving space to "Brandywine"
tomatoes again. Too much vine; too little tomato. What others might
do is not my concern but I would find having _no_ tomatoes in the
garden an acceptable alternative.




A Brandywine tomato is the best I have ever tasted. I have had no luck
growing them, but that doesn't mean that heirlooms aren't delicious with
superb flavor and few seeds.

They are just very selective about conditions which is why less-fussy
hybrids have been produced.

gloria p