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James Silverton[_4_]

On 9/9/2013 6:55 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
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>> On 9/9/2013 2:06 PM, Janet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, September 8, 2013 2:55:43 PM UTC-7, James Silverton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> James' memories are interesting.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My family was not completely unusual in that we were a one-parent family
>>>>> with my father in the British army and perhaps better off than some. We
>>>>> did grow some vegetables in our small back yard both root and salad;
>>>>> lettuce, carrots and radishes I recall. Tomatoes did not grow out of
>>>>> doors in those days but we occasionally got some from uncles with
>>>>> green-houses.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The only time I was in the British Isles, I noticed tomatoes growing in
>>>> green houses in people's back yards. This was 30 years ago -- have things
>>>> changed?
>>>
>>> Nope, lots of people have greenhouses and grow tomatoes in them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>>
>> But even in the 50's tomatoes had been developed that would ripen out of
>> doors in Scotland.
>
> In a warm sunny summer, maybe; but those are not guaranteed in
> Scotland.. and in some parts the frost-free period can be as short as 3
> months.
>
> Janet UK
>
>> My father grew some of those but he also had a
>> greenhouse.
>
>
>
I'm pretty sure that my father tried to grow hardy tomatoes on the West
of Scotland. Thinking about it, I don't believe they were very
successful. It's possible too that the final ripening was done indoors
just like late tomatoes here where they are ripened indoors wrapped in
newspaper. I just don't remember.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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