I grew 4th of July for many years because it is an early producer. I stopped growing them when I realized decent tasting tomatoes could be grown in the same places as the early tomatoes. It didn't harm me to wait a week or two for the good tasting tomatoes. 4th of July always seemed to me to be tasteless, but could be cooked down to a decent tomato sauce and they could be frozen to add to various recipes.
Many people tried to dehybridize Better Boy over the years without success. Carolyn often advised them they were wasting their time because one of the genetic contributors was a variety named Teddy or Teddy Boy. The producer of the Better Boy hybrid had somehow acquired all seed and patents of Teddy and would not name the other contributors. Without knowledge of what you were attempting to standardize to, it would seem to be a waste of time.
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