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Originally Posted by Fred Hempel
I don't think that is necessarily true. In my experience, many long-life rin-heterozygote tomatoes ripen fully to a non-crunchy finish (if you exercise patience).
I also don't think "thick skin" can be assumed.
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Low moisture content has been what I have noticed about the varieties that keep the longest. The De Barao cherries have been my shelf life champs. I have forgotten buckets of mixed cherries that were left to rot, then pulled out the De Barao from a pile of rotten fruit and they were fine.