Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:31:15 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article
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Higgs Boson wrote:

Did anyone happen to see an article in the NY Times, I think June
28?

Title: Flavor Is Price of Scarlet Hue of Tomatoes, Study Finds.

Interesting.

HB

It's why gardeners like heirloom tomatoes that were/are grown for
flavor, not for appearance, and long shelf life.

That's not true. People grow heirloom tomatoes for the same reason
they frequent thrift shops searching for vintage merchandise, they are
romancing the past. Fact is most heirloom tomatoes nowadays are
modern hybrids;

I don't suppose that you have any supporting evidence for this 'fact'?
Since the heirlooms breed true that says that they are NOT hybrids.


modern plant genetisists can pretty much produce any
look they want in a tomato... but there are even more modern round red
tomatoes one can grow at home with flavor just as good and better than
the ugli so-called heirlooms.

There have been extensive taste tests done that reveal people can tell the
difference.

It's a fallicy that things old school
are better. It's not fair to judge home grown heirlooms against
stupidmarket tomatoes.

If you are saying that vine-ripened against cold-stored and ripened off the
vine is not a fair comparison of genetics then I agree. That is not the
whole story however, genetics makes a difference as well as environment and
treatment.

I've grown heirlooms, compared to my round red
homegrowns heirlooms were a big disappointment, especially their
texture; tough skins and seedy.

That was your experience, don't generalise it to the rest of the world.

David