Jerry, I grew my maters last summer from seeds I collected from some I bought the previous year at the produce market. These were good old fashioned heirloom maters and I just saved the seeds and sprouted them the next summer. Grew yummy ones! I saved seeds from those, too. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Jerry <jandbrare@yahoo.com> wrote: > They don't taste like tomatoes and they haven't the same color, smell, > or consistency of tomatoes, Kat. I think they should call them something > else so people don't start to think that these tasteless things are what > tomatoes are! I call them "ersatz" tomatoes, 'cause they're poor > imitations of real tomatoes, like during WWII, chicory was a poor > substitute for coffee, and "oleo" was a poor substitute for butter. > > Carolyn > > I can understand about "oleo and chicory", but tomatoes—not. Doesn't > anyone > grow or have plants or seeds for real tomatoes, anymore. I'd make the > effort to grow some around the house, if I knew where to get the seeds. > But, I sure know what you mean, Carolyn. The texture is wrong, they are > dry, and the flavor is absent. > > Jerry Lester > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Around here in Carroll co. you can find wonderful and healthy plants at all the stands and in Galax at Walmart and Lowes building........Cana anywhere they have a plant stand.......they all do very good...I also use a flower garden for mine....and have great luck too. The produce stands around here are still getting theirs from SC and NC and some from Ga. I have been told...Food City in Galax sells all the local items that they can as the season arrives........love my maters! any maters! also the hot house ones from Walmart and Food Lion are a very good almost perfect mater too but sometimes a little pricey! On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> wrote: > Jerry, I grew my maters last summer from seeds I collected from some I > bought the previous year at the produce market. These were good old > fashioned heirloom maters and I just saved the seeds and sprouted them the > next summer. Grew yummy ones! I saved seeds from those, too. > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Jerry <jandbrare@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > They don't taste like tomatoes and they haven't the same color, smell, > > or consistency of tomatoes, Kat. I think they should call them something > > else so people don't start to think that these tasteless things are what > > tomatoes are! I call them "ersatz" tomatoes, 'cause they're poor > > imitations of real tomatoes, like during WWII, chicory was a poor > > substitute for coffee, and "oleo" was a poor substitute for butter. > > > > Carolyn > > > > I can understand about "oleo and chicory", but tomatoes—not. Doesn't > > anyone > > grow or have plants or seeds for real tomatoes, anymore. I'd make the > > effort to grow some around the house, if I knew where to get the seeds. > > But, I sure know what you mean, Carolyn. The texture is wrong, they are > > dry, and the flavor is absent. > > > > Jerry Lester > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Rhonda Alderman Horton 187 Highland Park Dr. Hillsville, Va. 24343 home ph 276-728-3891