Originally Posted by ladybug45
Beefsteak tomatoes are the best. My husband bought and planted the tomatoes this year. He said he couldn't find Beefsteaks. The ones he bought aren't nearly as good.
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My Nurseryman husband told me that here in California we
can not grow a lot of the ones that grow beautifully back east.
We have lots of nasties in our soil that prevents the less hybrid
ones from growing. The "Beefsteak" we get here does not taste
as good nor is it as big as the real thing we had in WV. And as
for a real mortgage lifter, there was one developed before the war years near my home town of Milton, WV. Still have pictures
somewhere that shows a small outbuilding totally covered with
them, roof and all. And my hill family says their veggies still taste good if they keep their own seeds from old varieties. They
have sent me lots of seeds over the years, and even in a sterile greenhouse, they die after growing 4 or 5 inches tall.
Might as well try to enjoy what we have and can grow.