Indeed. All the time I was growing up my next-door neighbour grew tomatoes in his greenhouse. Quite possibly still does, except I've inconsiderately moved myself to the other end of the country.
A greenhouse full of tomato plants has a very distinctive smell, and tomatoes picked fresh carry some of it with them. The other day I bought some of Tesco's finest "ripened on the vine" tomatoes, and on opening the packet there was just a very faint whiff of that proper tomato smell.
Of course Tesco, the silly buggers, had been keeping the tomatoes in the fridge and thus ruined it by making them cold. But it was still as close as I've come to proper tomatoes in years.
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Date: 2004-08-13 04:26 pm (UTC)A greenhouse full of tomato plants has a very distinctive smell, and tomatoes picked fresh carry some of it with them. The other day I bought some of Tesco's finest "ripened on the vine" tomatoes, and on opening the packet there was just a very faint whiff of that proper tomato smell.
Of course Tesco, the silly buggers, had been keeping the tomatoes in the fridge and thus ruined it by making them cold. But it was still as close as I've come to proper tomatoes in years.