Re: legend

SOLD...next year I am trying this tomato.  Thanks for the info Kitty.


On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Kitty<kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> a hybrid I got from Thompson Morgan.  It is very meaty, nice and sweet,
> great substance.  I'm not an expert on tomatoes and this was a long awaited
> first fruit from my first try in mannnnnnnny years at  growing a slicing
> tomato, so maybe I'm exaggerating a bit.  I've only occasionally grown a
> cherry tomato in the past 15 years.  They're wonderful!
>
> Bush (Determinate). Tomato Legend is a remarkable tomato variety, in recent
> trials showing impressive blight tolerance in a garden situation. Legend
was
> bred in the USA by Dr. Jim Baggett at Oregon State University. Both
Thompson
> & Morgan and Dr Baggett believe Legend could be the answer to many
> gardeners' prayers to help overcome this most destructive disease. A heavy
> crop of large glossy red fruits of up to 180g (6oz) in weight are produced
> on plants with a determinate (bushy) habit. The fruits of Tomato Legend are
> a slightly flatter shape, and almost seedless, early ripening, and have
> excellent flavour.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] legend
>
>
>> Is Legend and heirloom or a hybrid?
>>
>> We've been getting tomatoes, but have had to pick a lot of them early due
>> to
>> blight and stink bug damage.
>>
>> d
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 9:59 PM
>> Subject: [CHAT] legend
>>
>>
>>> Oh man.  I just ate my first Legend tomato from the plants I grew from
>>> seed. Oh wow, words cannot express. Heaven. yum.
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
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