Normal comes from;
Incapable of producing for an extended time:sifone:
Determinate Tomato Plants - Exactly the opposite of the indeterminate tomato plant, these tomato plants have similar habits of growing to a certain size, yielding the fruit and then declining. Plants within this category of tomatoes generally ripen early in the season and are incapable of producing fruit for an extended period of time. This group is commonly referred to as compact tomato plants
Fancy comes from;
They can keep it up....
Indeterminate Tomato Plants - The most commonly grown tomato plants for the home gardener. Typically these plants grow all summer long and will continue until cut back or killed off by frost or disease. The success of these tomato plants is very dependent on the use of tomato cages and stakes in order to promote a more natural growing environment and keep the fruit of this plant from coming into contact with the soil.
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