"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> I understand aod, of course, it's definitely a personal preference. My
> parents always grew wonderful heirloom tomatoes and they went straight
> from vine to table. Oh, what I'd give for one of those now!
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> Wayne

So would I. I've had two seriously bad tomato growing seasons in a row.
Too cold to grow, followed by too hot to set blossoms, followed by early
frost. So I've been buying the little ones on the vine from Costco.
Haven't had a BLT in two years.
Janet