tedln

Like Bill, I have noticed some moderate size reduction in my fall tomatoes. I also noticed a few varieties change their appearance considerably between summer and fall crops. A few don't have stripes or nipples on the blossom end in the spring crop, but may have one or both in the fall crop. Unlike Dwaynemater's observation, I've found the fall crop to have more intense flavors quite unlike the summer flavors. I also have a totally different group of destructive insects in the fall than in the summer. Aphids are much worse for me in the fall and squash bugs ruin a lot of tomatoes by puncturing them and sucking some juice from the tomato. The tomato is still usable but very unattractive.

KarenO, While I am waiting for the first frost to arrive, you are probably already dealing with a foot of snow. I used to have a friend in Saskatchewan who always told me when she saw the first snow flake of winter. It usually meant I would have an overnight frost one month later.

Ted