Unless I mixed up the fruits (possible, I was rushing a couple days ago), my “Independence Day” tomato fruits are pretty nice looking, and... pretty bland. I’d say my “Unknown Volunteer” is better: It produced / is producing slightly smaller fruits, but a bit sweeter, and the plant grew quickly and produced sooner. Despite the Independence Day plants supposedly being a very early producer, they were not, although, our sodden spring did badly affect many plants. Still, other varieties in the same part of the garden did better. The Better Boys and the Abe Lincolns produced sooner for me, and taste much better. That said, the Independence Day fruits LOOK very nice, with no splitting so far.
The “Early Treats” are finally “almost there” (fruits to harvest) too. Hopefully they taste good.
The Asian Squash FINALLY produced a couple flowers, and... (apparently) the squirrels have come back and chewed them off. Time to declare war!!!
I ran into a couple more instances of clearance items, both at Wal Mart and Rural King, having been marked way down, and then the Home Office reduces the markdown (on the computers), and the store employees never correct the displayed shelf price. This time (both stores) I didn’t just cancel the items @ the checkout register, I insisted the store honor the displayed price. They did. I wish I’d insisted about the raised bed soil on clearance, several days ago, instead of just not getting it.