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Pastimes : Gardening and Especially Tomato Growing

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To: Ilaine who wrote (858)	1/16/2000 9:08:00 PM
From: dclapp	Read Replies (1) of 3495

back to tomatoes... :-) After years and years of growing hybrids like Early Girl, Big Boy, Better Boy, et all..."the standards,"...last year I grew Brandywine, an Amish heirloom reputed (by Burpee or some major seed producer) as having "the best flavor" of all beefsteak-type tomatoes. Um...it wasn't great. The vines weren't as prolific, I had few fruits (compared to the hybrids) and the taste wasn't all that great. Very disappointing. Sadly -- and unromatic as it is -- I now believe that the hybrids really ARE better, and certainly more "fruitful." I think there's a "old is REAL, old is BETTER" mindset that simply isn't true, in many cases. On a similar note, the best apple I've ever had was a Spartan -- a recent cross (I forget of which varieties) that had a champagne-like sweetness and crispness; awesome.

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