"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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:
: 'Vine' tomatoes are becomming fairly common in the
: shops, but:-
:
: What, exactly, are 'Vine' tomatoes?
:
: Do they taste any different to 'ordinary' tomatoes?
:
: Are they just a scam so that the growers don't have to
: bother picking each one, just cut the whole bunch off
: the plant, making them cheaper to grow, but charging
: the silly cutomer more?
:
it depends on the variety more than the fact they are kept on the truss.
Tomatoes should be ripened on the truss, but with supermarket 'toms on the vine'
you have no way of knowing if they were ripened this way. Best to grow your own,
people who do know the difference.
cheers
Wazza