Interesting, George. Our heat doesn't begin to match yours, yet Celebrity is pushed here. They don't advertise it as a hot weather planat here either. I like the yellow bells too, and they last longer after being picked green than any other tomatoes we've had. Margaret L At 04:23 PM 7/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >I've tried celebrity but they are no better at handling our humidity than the >others. The three main hot weather tomatoes are are Celebrity, Gulf Coast, and >Heatwave. I'm currently growing Heatwave II and they are still producing. >Amazingly the tomato producing best is Yellow Bell. Good thing too as I dearly >love those yaller maters. > >It's not just my productivity, gardening is, and always has been, a joint >effort >around here. This morning I was cooking and packing and Miz Anne was >peeling and >slicing. We all took a nap after a light lunch, lasted abut 2 hours. >Tomorrow we >will do eggplant. Luckily our kids and friends enjoy the stuff we put up >as our >garden has been most productive last year and this year. > >George