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In article >,
(RMiller) wrote:

> I recently returned from California where I attended a wine and food tasting.
> Everything was delicious and the wines were perfect.
>
> The big thing for me tho was a salad made of fresh corn , and tiny , tiny
> tomatoes.
> They were about the size of a pearl. I have never seen them before. They were
> much smaller than the Grape Tomatoes.
>
> Has any one had these before ? Can you buy them in other places , or was this
> just a local delicacy?

I live in California and you can find these in my back yard. I'm not sure
why (maybe lack of water?), but some of my cherry tomatoes are that size.
They started out as regular size cherry tomatoes, but now some are tiny
and some aren't.

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Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS