Re: Re: Tomatoes

Mine are currant sized.

Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:

Well, I'd rather have a "pitifully small" yet wonderful tomato, than
none at all! How small are they? Like the size of a lime or smaller?
I've been buying mine from a vegetable stand that I pass on the way home
from work. They drive down to the farmer's market in Dallas to get their
tomatoes. And they are good, but I have NO IDEA if pesticides were used
on them (like Seven Dust) which really limits my buying.


james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
I haven't had a brandywine in a long time, Jesse. Can't grow them here, either [at least, I can't--and I tried last year and the year before]. So I forget what they taste like. But the wild ones will amaze you. I only wish someone would find a sport that produced fruits three or four times their size, which tends to be pitifully small. 

On Jul 16, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
Does it taste as good as a Brandywine? That is my favorite tomato of all 
time, but I haven't been able to grow them since I left Kansas City. I
would love some seeds. The crazy weather that Oklahoma has had for the
last 2-3 years has made it tough to grow veggies where I live.



james singer wrote:
If you run out, Noreen, I can pick up the slack. We've got a god crop
this year--not as good as years past for some reason, but good enough.
It's truly an amazing plant--and the flavor is the absolute best tomato
ever.

On Jul 16, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:


Noreen, I would LOVE to try some of those seeds. We are not having
much luck with ours either.

Jesse

Bonnie Holmes wrote:
If you send me some seeds, I'll definitely try them here where we
normally
have very humid weather.
Bonnie Holmes
1025 Stagecoach
Friendsville, TN 37737



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Date: 7/16/2007 7:10:50 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Re: Tomatoes
As most of you know I'm so not a vegy person, but DH faithfully plants 
his

tiny patch every year. In the past couple years the subject of the

"wild"

tomato (aka Texas Wild, Mexican Wild, etc.) has come up quite often
here

on

this list. I think Jim grows it and sent out seeds at one point. Out

of all

the tomatoes this is my favorite. I had reported that it had thrived

and

continued to produce through the hottest summer and drought one

year....all the

way till Christmas day when we had 6 inches of snow. That didn't even

kill the

shrub, a month or so later it had put on blossoms again.
Well, an update....we have had unusually cold nights this past winter, 
even

getting down to 23 one night for a short period. We have also had

unsually

heavy rains this year. No flooding to speak of, but record amounts.

Although

the vegy garden is in a raised bed which is usually well drained, it
definitely hasn't been able to dry out much. All the other tomato

varieties that DH

planted are either totally dead, or just barely hanging on. The Wild

tomato

is once again thriving and producing like crazy.

I truly am a huge fan of this plant, now more than ever, it has made
it

throu

gh every weather condition that we have to offer, and the worst
neglect.....but it continues to thrive. Was wondering how the seeds
did

for those of you

that tried them??? Was wondering if it does as well in other climate

zones??

Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

In a message dated 7/14/2007 11:02:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

I always thought it had something to do with too much water but I
found

this

online.
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Heat Zone 10
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Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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