My wife bought red grape tomatoes at the grocery store this winter and we've had 4 or 5 voluteers pop out of the compost pile. Two were transplanted into our raised beds and they reliably drop about half of their ripe fruit. What's left ripe on the vine falls off easily when picked. Most leave their stems behind. Their flavor is marginal, at best, but this is by far the most productive plant in the garden (12 to 24 per day for the past two weeks). I can see why commercial growers would like them.
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