Re: [tomato] Floramerica
Margaret Lauterbach (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:05:01 -0600
At 08:05 AM 10/15/98 +0000, you wrote:
>In all my years of tomato growing, I've never heard of
>"cannonball-itis", but I'm guessing that you're talking about large
>beefsteak-like fruits. If you are, you weren't growing Floramerica.
>Send me your snail-mail address privately, and I'll send you some
>seeds. Floramerica is a hybrid, so if you saved seeds, you could have
>been growing anything.
>
>Dave Anderson
>Tough Love Chile Co.
>http://www.tough-love.com
>
>> This is a bolt from the blue. I've grown Floramerica, and it produces
>> beautiful tomatoes in a beautiful array, but in no way does it resemble any
>> Brandywine I've grown. Floramerica is afflicted with cannonball-itis, and
>> has no more flavor than supermarket tomatoes or cardboard. Margaret
>>
It was Floramerica, Dave. By cannonball-itis, I mean tough-skinned and
hard enough to survive shipping or a cannon shot. Yes, they were pretty
and large, but...Margaret