LETTERS: PLEASE HAVE PITY ON OTHERS WHO LACK TOMATOES

To the editor:

Joe Sullivan really has got to stop talking about tomatoes in his column. Every time he does, I start to drool, and my wife tells me it is quite unattractive. Not to mention the fact that the contents of my shirt pocket get all wet and slobbery.

I suffer the same problem Sullivan does: lack of fine homegrown 'maters. My problem is that I have a brown thumb. I can kill any plant by just attempting to nurture it. As if that isn't bad enough, I'm surrounded by folks who have no conscience and tell stories of the great tomatoes they've grown or had given to them.

The next time Sullivan takes pen in hand to author one of his pieces about that tasty red fruit, please have a heart and think of his fellow sufferers.

STEVE MOYER

Nevada, Mo.