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This is big news as the progressive scientists in the 1920's altered the tomato to make it easier to ship. Thus, today many store bought tomatoes taste like cardboard boxes.
1 posted on 05/20/2019 5:02:00 AM PDT by vannrox
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Exactly. They further ruined tomatoes in the 90’s. Until then you could still buy beefsteak tomatoes that made the most delicious sandwiches with just bread around them.


2 posted on 05/20/2019 5:08:03 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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That’s why I grow my own.


3 posted on 05/20/2019 5:08:26 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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For much of the 20th Century, scientists looked for ways to create “A&P chickens”.

A&P was the largest grocery store chains after WWII, and wanted a standard chicken, that would have a lot of meat, grow quickly, eat less food, etc. So they sponsored a nationwide contest to develop it. Out of many, many breeds they found the one that gave them what they wanted, for both eggs and meat, and they had the clout to compel the major chicken growers to raise them, exclusively.

However, A&P chickens are pretty flavorless. So today, if a person wants a tasty chicken, they might have to drive a hundred miles to find a small farm that raises “heritage chickens”, that fortunately still exist.

As far as tomatoes go, there has long been a prize of over a million dollars on offer for anyone who can make a tomato that can be frozen and defrosted without turning to mush.


5 posted on 05/20/2019 5:48:10 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Desperate swarm sewage drains for water..." Venezuelans or D.C. Swamp denizens?)
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Just an FYI for tomato fans:

https://www.dwarftomatoproject.net/about/

The dwarf tomato project has created tomatoes plants which grow only to 5’ (or so) and produce tomatoes continually. I like the BrandyFred.


10 posted on 05/20/2019 6:36:28 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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Again...

Quit abusing the news forum with chat material.

12 posted on 05/20/2019 7:38:01 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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A similar thing happened to apples; shipability; unblemished skin; shine...all for eye appeal and make more attractive to the consumer. Taste, not so much.


14 posted on 05/20/2019 12:01:12 PM PDT by Daffynition (*I'm living the dream.* & :))
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16 posted on 05/20/2019 12:07:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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I'm pulling for these guys! A good summer tomatoe is a bit of Heaven!

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

17 posted on 05/20/2019 5:49:50 PM PDT by lizma2
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