"William" > wrote in message
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>I was visiting my daughter last winter in south Florida and noticed a
> field of tomatoes with a big sign inviting me to pick my own. These
> were big beautiful looking ripe tomatoes. As soon as I got back to the
> house, I wanted to make a tomato sandwich. I sliced the tomatoes and
> piled them on the sandwich and took a bite. NO TASTE. They had no
> flavor or taste They were pretty to the eyes but had no taste! Later,
> someone told me that the Florida department of agriculture had
> developed hybrid tomato seeds to grow perfect looking tomatoes but
> they have no flavor.
>
> Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
> the supermarket?

Same thing happened when I tried growing them. Sorry. Wish I had an answer
for yaw.