William wrote:

> 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?

Here the only tasty ones are "datterini", little tomatoes which grow in
clusters like grapes:
http://www.finagricola.it/finag-i/pr...-pom-datt.aspx
I don't know hwy, maybe this cultivar is cheap and quick enough to grow,
shelf stable enough to market, and thank goodness has taste
--
"Un pasto senza vino e' come un giorno senza sole"
Anthelme Brillat Savarin