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zxcvbob · 11-09-2010, 02:17 AM posted to rec.gardens

David Hare-Scott wrote:
zxcvbob wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:18:55 -0600, "gloria.p"
wrote:

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.

I didn't have a lot of luck growing them, but I like the taste as
well. The ones I did grow were huge, but only a few to each plant.

Kate
middle TN

The best I have ever tasted was a fully ripe Better Boy hybrid (not
just one in particular, but any fully-ripe one) from the garden. I
think the fully-ripe part is more important than the variety. Or
maybe I just like Better Boy. I do dabble with other varieties,
mostly open-pollenated, but I always plant at least a couple of BB's,
and the BB's usually win.

Bob

Having fresh produce that is fully naturally ripened is often more
important that the cultivar or the way it was raised. The best example
of this is stone fruit, if you have never eaten a peach ripened on the
tree you have never tasted the real thing.

David

I haven't eaten a real peach in 20 years. (I used to have peach
trees so I know what a real peach is.) They won't grow up here.

Bob