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On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:04:10 -0700 (PDT), fsadfa
wrote: I wish I knew what the "heirloom tomato" really was as it has produced fruit that is everything that exemplifies a home grown tomato with indescribably delicious complexity of taste. I don't believe heirloom tomatoes are supposed to satisfy that criteria, you can saved the seeds for next year, that is about it. There seems to be some misconception that modern hybrids were bred solely for looks and shelf life, this is of course true for some hybrids, used by commercial growers. But the other side of the coin is that another group of hybrids have been bred solely for taste for the home gardener, that are far superior in taste to any heirlooms. The hybrids took over pretty quickly when introduced was no accident, they are better in every way, but you have to pay for the seeds every year. I do not think you understood at all what I posted. I don't care what variety the tomato I grew was - whether heirloom or hybrid - I just want it identified. I have not praised hybrids or heirlooms over each other, and place my interest in flavor above all. It does me no good if a tomato withstands all blights and predation only to produce cardboard fruit. Similarly, I get no benefit from a potentially delicious fruit that never gets to ripen on the vine. Although I am an inveterate seed saver and known to toss any sort of kitchen seed or pit into the dirt in an attempt to coax germination, I am also savvy enough to buy cheap seeds when the opportunity presents itself. Really, it isn't that large a part of my gardening budget that it concerns me in the least. I have a date palm growing...the pit came from a piece of fruit was on a breakfast plate at a hotel in Las Vegas last spring. That's my kind of fun. Boron |
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