Florida Tomatoes Declared "Tastiest In Years" -- By The Florida Tomato Marketers
| Lee Klein |
| Photo of last year's presumably inferior crop |
"The quality is excellent and the flavor is absolutely phenomenal - best in years," said Reggie Brown, manager of the Florida Tomato Committee. "We want our neighbors throughout the southeast and the rest of the country to know that we are back."
With almost every southern county in the state cultivating tomatoes, Florida produces virtually all the fresh-market, field-grown tomatoes in the U.S. from October through June each year, and accounts for about 50 percent of all fresh tomatoes produced domestically.
In related news, The Florida Avocado Association is declaring this year's avocado crop as the best in years, the Florida Grapefruit Compendium swears that 2010 will be a banner year for citrus, The Florida Jackfruit Union predicts bigger flavors in the current crop, The Florida Couch Potato Co-Op insists that eating stuff while watching TV will never taste better, and the Florida Pot Growers Group also had something to say along those lines, but they can't remember.
































