> > > > > I don't think that was the situation here though, because I grew a couple > of other large beefsteak tomatoes last year and they grew to be very large. > The alleged Big Beefs were all perfectly round and about 6-8 pounces. They > didn't match the description at all. Um...certainly Walmart couldn't have > mixed up the tabs in their nursery? <wink...> > --Michael > I know that Walmart always labels there plants very carefully......cough, cough, cough.....so that couldn't be it! Not sure what it was then but since I moved here in the heat of summer have always gotten thicker skinned tomatoes than when I grew them up north. Karen