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Default Buying Tomatoes that have good taste?

On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 13:39:24 -0800 (PST), Robert Miles
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>On Friday, November 30, 2012 6:18:29 AM UTC-6, William wrote:
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>I've read that most tomates are now a type bred to turn red before they are ripe. To avoid this, you may need to grow your own tomatoes, and if any variety is tasteless, don't plant that variety the next year. The older varieties are more likely to still have taste.
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>Robert Miles

That's a bit of bull pucky, don't you think? It may be true that
tomatoes designed to withstand the rigors of shipping to market
(commercial types) have sacrificed flavor in favor of endurance. But,
most? I think not.
Janet US