On the subject of [tomato] 4th of July, Marlynn Marcks said: > I'm wondering if anyone grew Burpee's new offering 4th of July. It > was featured on the cover of their 98 catalogue and supposedly the > tomatoes ripened by the 4th. It didn't say anything about flavor or > size. I'm just wondering if it is true and if they tasted like > anything at all. > Well, I just set out some that were sold by the local nursery, so I dunno but I'll let you know. :-) *If* we get any tomatoes at all that is...all my tomato plants were stipped of their leaves, except the big ones I bought at the nursery (large 4th of Julys, matter-of-fact!). Dag-blummed varmints!!! Blessings, Kimberlee We are all Gods Children...by a previous marriage. =================================================== Kimberlee Simmons, a.k.a. "Blackwood" spooky@frontiernet.net or blackwood13@yahoo.com http://www.frontiernet.net/~spooky