ViLco wrote:
> 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

Ah. Those remind me of one of my favorite tomatoes, Matt's Wild
Cherry. I like them because the flavor is nicely balanced and not
just sweet.