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Old 29-06-2011, 01:34 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Harvested first tomato- blah!

On Jun 24, 5:26*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:
Very disappointed. *Harvested first tomato - ate it straight off the
vine. *Blah taste, no zing. *It's one of the ubiquitous tomato plants
sold in So. Calif. nurseries. *I am notorious about not tagging plants
carefully, so I THINK it's Champion or maybe Better Boy or Celebrity.

In any case, it's doesn't have the sharp, acid taste I like in a
tomato.

Just venting.

HB


Now you know why tomato fanatics start with known seed , way way
better selection of tomatos not engineered for mass markets.