George wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> "The Cook" > wrote
>>>
>>>> Last year there was a discussion about the Ugly (Ugli) Tomato.
>>>> I just ran across this in one of my seed catalogs.
>>>> http://www.tomatogrowers.com/beefsteaks3.htm
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I did not see it earlier when I ordered but plan to
>>>> put it on my list for next season.
>>> Oh! I wish I could find plants. Maybe they will have them in
>>> the nurseries this year.
>>>
>>> nancy (fingers crossed)
>>
>> In my fairly sleepless state last night I turned on the TV and found
>> an Infomercial about tomato plants. They didn't mention this
>> variety but said you could get Beefsteak *climbing* tomato TREES.
>> Only $32. Huh? And for free they'd throw in another sort of tomato
>> vine. Have your credit card ready! The tomatoes looked sickly and
>> pale.
>>
>
> I think that was right after the vertical chicken cooker commercial. I
> saw what was probably the same commercial. You hung the thing up,
> added water and almost instantly had hundreds of tomatoes...

Yeah, something goofy like that! Infomercials... I guess someone must by
the stuff, right?!