Julia Altshuler wrote:
> Helen Harrand wrote:
>
> > One of the gourmet mags did a story on the Ugli Ripe tomatoes several months
> > ago. From what they wrote it is illegal for them to be sold out of Florida
> > from October to May or so. Seems that the nasty green tomato selling guys
> > got up in arms about them being SO much better (and also at least 2x the
> > price in winter, sometimes 3x) that they petitioned the state USDA or
> > legislature or something and made the definition of a tomato made to include
> > round, 3" (I think) and something else so they can't be shipped during the
> > winter. Luckily you in Florida can get them year round.
>
>
> I got curious about this. It wasn't the USDA (I couldn't imagine them
> getting involved in with interstate sales). It was the Florida Tomato
> Committee.
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...040600785.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=352424&page=1
> http://www.medillnewsdc.com/cgi-bin/...&f=17&t=000368
>
>
> Especially look at that last URL. Interesting.
>
>
> --Lia

Humm, I wonder how well they'd do in Jamaica or Cuba or Mexico ? I
don't think we care were they come from.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada