"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 13/05/2017 10:02, Tim Lamb wrote:

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Umm. My sister grew horticultural stuff for sale on a market stall.
There was a noticeable difference in the keeping performance of washed
and unwashed veg.

There seems to be a 'fad' for selling tomatoes on the vine, leaving the
carrot leaves attached to the carrots, selling Brussel sprouts still on
the stalk, oranges with a stalk and two leaves etc. Often these are sold
at a premium price. In reality all these do is to reduce the keeping life
but removing moisture more quickly from the fruit/veg.

I don’t believe that with the tomatoes.