On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:18:29 -0500, 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?
>
>William

At the supermarket? No. If you can patronize a well-run farmer's
market during the season in which tomatoes are ripening locally, you
will generally find something that tastes much better. Better still,
you can try several varieties and then continue to buy the one you
like from the farmer. If you have the time and space, grow them
yourself; selecting either the varieties you liked from the farmer's
market or something from a catalog. You can get a respectable crop
from something like the "earthbox".

There is no reason to hope for a tasty tomato our of season.

-bs