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| Rather than going to the end of the 2012 post, I figgered I would start a new thread. Here's what I just received from Laurel's Heirloom Tomato Plants. Aunt Ruby's German Green My wife's sister bought these for my wife at the Fullerton Arboretum Burpee Big Boy Here's to a successful 2013 Season! Gary |
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| this years list: Cour di Bue Pantano Romanesco Red Pear Chianti Rose Pineapple Hillbilly Brandywine San Marzano Lungo No. 2 Glacier sungold All are up and running, about 5wks till they go in the gardens. |
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| I also purchased my plants from Laurel. Love her!!..... Cherokee Purple |
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| From T&M: Sungold F1 Good luck to all! Cheers, |
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| From Burkard's in Pasadena - Frank has a wonderful selection of tomatoes. Brandywine (Sudduth) plus an unnamed cherry from mjhuntingdonbeach The link below takes you to the thread about this tomato. |
Here is a link that might be useful: link to unnamed cherry thread
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 9:52
| Mike named it Selbo's Red Ribbed and it's being grown by one of the persons who does seed production for me for this season, For this season I've received the most varieties ever of ones new to all or most. Of the about 70 new ones Freda will be growing about 20 for me here in the backyard, ones that I preferred to grow here at home, and more importantly ones for which there were enough seeds. And that b'c I have to send seeds of varieties to Craig LeHoullier in Raleigh who raises my plants for me and ships them up here and then seeds to the person who is doing the seed production. I am so hoping that this season will be better than the last three here at home, specifically, last year From 30 plants I got a few fruits, three different red cherries, and that was it. However someone sent me a huge box of lucious fruits last summer and someone gifted me with several Dester fruits and I was able to ferment the seeds for those, which is hard to do when one has to keep hands on the walker handles. ( smile) But this is also the second year that I'm mentoring a young man who is just getting into heirloom varieties, I've furnished him with seeds for close to 100 varieties now, and I'm sure I can get him to at least give me some fruits just for eating if things go well. I already get some great pastel colored eggs from him and today he'll be here to bring me some chinese food and some sleeves of diet pepsi and more to thepoint to pick up seeds of Pink Bumble Bee and Purple Bumble Bee and Sunol, which were rather late arrivals , but still in time to be sowed here in the tundra. The three I just mentioned were bred by Fred Hempel in CA who also did Blush and Maglia Rose and Lucinda, all of which I've grown, and he now has these Bee ones as well as some tiger striped ones.And were kind of gifts from Fred for seeds of some heart varieties I sent to him. Carolyn |
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| Grown from seed: Anna Russian Stupice Jaune Flamee Mortgage Lifter Chocolate Stripes Cherokee Purple Black Krim Prudens Purple Brandywine Will grow from seedlings: Will grow from seedlings if I can find them: |
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- Posted by harveyhorses 7 Midlothian Va (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 15:01
| Kind of funny, after reading all these I was feeling kind of embarrassed by my lack of anything different, then my neighbors (yay the walkers are back!) came by and said they had been bragging on me to a newbie about what crazy varieties I grew last year. Cherokee Purple German Gold Black Krim St. Pierre Belgian Giant Brandywine red Delicious Last year was great for some, mediocre for others and bad for the rest. The Belgian Giants did not overwhelm, but they kept on and on. They are working great for my soups. |
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| so far I have: Kellogg's Breakfast Estler's Mortgage Lifter Brandywine Sudduth Fish Lake Oxheart Linnies Oxheart German Red Strawberry Sophie's Choice (will probably go in a Pot) Wes Black Cherry Cherokee Purple Heart I still plan to start (Guess I better get going): |
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- Posted by pretty.gurl 5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 5, 13 at 8:38
| My seedlings: Thessaloniki I have also included a link for my opinions on how each variety is doing so far. Better Boy is doing so well that I am thinking about starting more seeds. |
Here is a link that might be useful: 2013 Tomato Seedlings
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, Apr 5, 13 at 10:34
| For those who want to see some different and some new to all varieties.PLease don't ask for seeds of the following b'c I don't have any and no waiting list either. It's a list of possibilities for an annual seed offer elsewhere as well as some possible SSE listings as well as distributing seeds of the ones that turn out to be really good, as I've done for many years, to the owners of certain seed sites for trial Here's the list of what's being grow out this summer. No way to know what the results will be until the end of summer as to whether the plants flourished, what seed production was, etc. Of the ones listed I hope to grow about 20 here at home, well Freda does for me, and my choices were based on preference and seed amounts, seeds to the now four folks who do seed production for me took precedence. |
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| Yay, I didn't want to scroll to the end of last year's thread either. After all, it isn't 2012 anymore :) Japanese Black Trifele The last three are cherries, mostly to go to the restaurant, but I like eating them too. The PB I saw and remembered reading about so bought, then re-read that it is best for drying. I'll give it a whirl, though usually I just dry the extra cherries. Except for SBG these are all new to me, since you have to try them yourself to see if you like them. Wasn't impressed with any of my last year's selections other than SBG. Happy growing! |
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| Caspian Pink Cherokee Green German Red Strawberry Kellogg's Breakfast Marianna's Peace Matina Opalka for drying Riensentraube love the "bite" of this tiny tomato Selbo's Ribbed Cherry Sophie's Choice Stump of the World Sungold Sunsugar Whippersnapper All started from seeds with about half of the varieties new to me this year. Still thinking of adding one standard hybrid, Jet Star, Celebrity or other, which I will pick up at a gardening center. |
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| Last year my favorites were Black from Tula and Green Zebra. This year trying all new ones. I have all my toms wintersown, but so far no sprouts yet. Last year it worked great so I've got my fingers crossed that they'll peep any day now. here's what i've got started, and what i'll grow if they all work out (some will be in my home garden, some in my son's school garden, which is why the over selection of cherries): Absinthe |
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| Picked up plants today from Lauel's. They look sturdy and healthy. All new varieties for me: Legend Sun Gold Lime Green Salad Sprite Big Beef Cherokee Purple Sweet Baby Girl I tried to find disease resistant plants along with some smaller ones for containers and sweet. Hope they will deliver. |
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