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Wayne starts with ... As the packaging says "The worlds first" "No mess tomatoes" "The sandwich perfect tomato - no more soggy sandwiches" Grown in Childers QLD and sold exclusively by Coles [bet WW's don't like that]for $2.98 - 500grm tray Taste test = very dry in appearance but moist enough when you bite into them. Tough as boot leather like the Gourmet tomato but has a very nice/intense tomato flavour.
| About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 14th November 2009 5:49pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 15th November 2009 10:57am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MNash1 Terranora 15th November 2009 3:34pm #UserID: 2892 Posts: 292 View All MNash1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... To me they look like a cross between a Gourmet and a Roma and as far as I'm concerned it's what you feed the fruit as to what the inside moisture level is. These would suit the supermarkets as they meet their specifications, look good, last on the shelf and who cares what they taste like. I haven't bought tomatoes since last January and am not about to start, I detest those supermarket tomatoes. | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 15th November 2009 6:42pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Gus1 Bendigo 15th November 2009 9:22pm #UserID: 2918 Posts: 22 View All Gus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Yup Gus. I don't want to be a stirrer here but I spent 5 yrs in Cairns and I have never seen/eaten such revolting tomatoes in my life as what they sold in the shops there. I thought our shop tom's were bad here....? I can't wait to see/taste these guys in our Coles - just out of pure curiosity! We wrap our tomatoe slices in the lettuce in our sandwiches - no dramas! (or put slices on paper towel/stale bread to soak up excess juice...too easy) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 15th November 2009 10:04pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... Actually I didn't buy them Gus, our son rocked up with them skiting that they would be better than mine, he admitted to be wrong after the taste test. Bowen is my home town and they grow millions of cartons of tomatoes each year but almost all of the growers have switched to gourmets. There would be just a handful of farmers left growing the old fashioned rounds. You are right Amanda, it's very hard to get a decent tomato now days. | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 16th November 2009 7:15am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hi Wayne - what are "gourmets"? are they a new variety or old fashioned ones revisted? I am quite sad about the growers here too - up until about last year we had beautiful tom's - it's an old fashioned apricot size tom that was "bred" here in Geraldton. I don't know if it's the weather or a change in the seed - but they just haven't been the same for awhile now. That's why I have been growing my own lately. I normally wouldn't bother here. They also go rotten really quick (maybe we are getting the seconds at our roadside stalls!) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 16th November 2009 10:05am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... Gourmet tomatoes came in years back Amanda, they were the first ones in trays with the stem still on the fruit. Because of their popularity and the fact that they last longer the Bowen farmers have gone from growing rounds on the ground to growing these on a trellise and marketing them, minus the stem, as rounds. There are different varietes of both and now we have trellise grown, vine ripened etc etc etc. Strange enough, Years ago the farmers marketed what was called field coloured rounds but because they had no shelf life nobody wanted them, so they were eventually sold as seconds. And they are the best by far to eat. Now, any coloured fruit stays on the bush and ploughed back in. In the rounds variety only 30% makes it to market, the rest is rejected. I do not know what the return is on Gourmets. | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 16th November 2009 10:55am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... amanda, the first tomato variety I grew many years ago was called Geraldton - it was delicious. I believe people stopped growing it when more disease-resistant hybrids came along.So it eventually disappeared. Thank heavens for the little seed companies that keep the older varieties going. One day we will realise just how important they are. | About the Author Roleystone WA 16th November 2009 9:16pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 17th November 2009 6:28am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... I still can't understand how the supermarkets get away with foisting such horrible tomtoes on people? There must be plenty of folks who buy them in order to keep this practie alive. Maybe we should have a protest week and not buy any of them! (I haven't bought tom's from Coles or Woolies in years) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 17th November 2009 9:48am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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