In article <vl64e3p3cuuqdbnqlm4a3h7dii8vf8k0o1@4ax.com>, rossr35253
@forteinc.com says...
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:07:18 -0700, Sheldon <PENMART01@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >You are correct, those are a specially hybridized tomato that has a
> >tendancy to remain attached to it's stems (stems, not vines) an
> >inordinately long time, and yes, you guessed correctly, they are
> >harvested green, shipped green, and then gassed to speed ripening....
> >the thing is those may be called vine ripened but unless they are
> >ripened on the living plant then they are just another cardboard style
> >stupidmarket tomato... vine ripened means ripened on the living plant,
> >not on a section of stem... calling those stems vines is nothing but
> >smarmy semantics. It's all hype, those stems make a lot of folks
> >think they are home grown... counldn't be further from the truth,
> >those mutants taste nothing like the tomatoes I pick off their plant
> >every day at their very peak of ripeness, in fact they are so ripe
> >it's best to eat them that day, or within two days they will begin to
> >rot and you'd need to pare out those rotted spots. I ate over five
> >pounds of luscious home growns today, all picked today, all picked
> >100pct fully ripe, still warm from the sun... eat yer hearts out.
> >
> >And I have plenty more... too bad they don't ship well, so I gotta
> >suffer through eating them all myself, aww.
> >
> >Sheldon
>
> You're right.
> There's nothing like going out into the garden and picking a perfectly
> ripe, heirloom tomato that's still warm from the sun and standing
> there eating it like an apple. Then you pick another variety and eat
> it, just to compare tastes. One of the true pleasures of gardening.
> This is our tomato patch earlier in the season.
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4pe47j8
>
> These are just some of the varieties we grow.
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=5znbewg
>
> Believe it or not, the one labeled Garden Peach actually has a
> slightly fuzzy skin similar to a regular peach. The one labeled
> Hillbilly weighed in at 968 grams.
>
> Ross.
>

Damn you for showing us that. Now I'm going to have to plant different
varieties next year. I did save seeds from the cherry tomatoes and the
hybrids that I accidentally grew.