SedonaDebbie said: Because most big corporate growers don't care if their high yielding, disease resistant, long lasting, super duper freaky hybrid tomatoes taste good...
sallyg said: I buy grocery store winter tomatoes now and then. But I don't expect the taste and texture of homegrown. I just enjoy a winter sandwich with tomato more than without. The winter tomato is more like a lettuce substitute, for moisture and color.
But, the picture starting the thread shows a truck full of red tomatoes. So Im not sure what we're buying, red ones or green ones artificially ripened? And some are greenhouse grown.