especially looking for Marianna's peace

Thank you
Maureen

tomatogrowers.com in Ft. Myers, Fl. has the seeds you are looking for. You can order a catalog from them when you go online. Have ordered lots of seeds from them and been very pleased with seeds and service.
Barb

http://www.totallytomato.com/

and heirloom seeds:

http://www.heirloomseeds.com/tomatoes.htm

Jon

Regarding where to get heirloom tomato seeds. There are a good number of sources. I'd suggest Sandhill Preservation Center. They have a good selection, even selling some plants by mail order.

(Actually he states over 500 varieties for '06)

Sand Hill Preservation carries over 500 varieties of tomato seeds (I counted), which they sell for $1.75 a pack (and no S&H charge unless less than $5 of seeds are ordered, even then it's only $1 ;))

Or 10 packs for $16, or 20 for $30. And I don't think I've ever opened a pack up from them that had less than 50 seeds in it (usually it's closer to 80-100).

Oh, and it looks like Tomato Growers Supply carries around 400 varieties as well.

Victory Seeds is another great place to order from.

So is Seed Savers Exchange.

And as far as Tomatofest goes, I can not and will not recommend them for a variety of reasons.

Don't worry about it Jon b'c that variety has had the same wrong fruit size blurb at almost every place where seeds/plants are sold.

You aren't going to get 4-5 # tomatoes, rather something in the 1-2# range which is standard for many beefsteak varieties.

I'm wondering why folks posting here don't post in the main Growing Tomatoes Forum where heirlooms are discussed in great detail. I'd say 99% of all info for them is over there, and not here.

And I suggest going there b'c that's where you're going to get the greatest input on anything related to heirloom tomatoes at GW.

Carolyn

While I have had good blessing with tomatoes, cukes and melons from Baker Creek, their corn seed was like chaff.

Totally Tomatoes raised shipping and did mess up on the wrong seeds once, but their seeds grow well.

The only outlet I would never do business with is that Gary Ibsen of Tomatofest who has expensive seeds and the one's I got did not germinate well and the few which did for paste, one was a big slicing tomatoe.
He would not refund his horrid product so that is why it is best to try someone else as Totally Tomatoes did refund on the wrong packet they sent which is only proper in business.

Carolyn P.

I have bought from all of these and have never had any complaints at all.