currant tomatoes

**"e.merge" h*@direct.ca**

Hi, All

If anyone is interested, the 'currant' tomato is available from
www.westcoastseeds.com

$2.65 Canadian for lots of seed. They are big sprawling plants, and the
latin name is Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium.

These are the ones Martha Stewart calls "five in a spoon" - so, they are
very small, with the size varying from 1/4" to 1/2" depending on
conditions. Evidently you should prune them down to two main branches,
otherwise they get huge and sprawly. It is a very old variety.

John Scheepers (Kitchen Garden Seeds) also offers red and yellow, both
'currant'. 

S 

Sharon H. Hanna
Writer & Urban Agriculturist
Member, Garden Writers Association
(604) 736 1889

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Sharon's catalogue writing/recipes:
http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com

Xeriscaping/water-wise gardening article on Canadian Wildlife Federation
site, July 2002:

http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en/whats_new/ten_commandments/hold_water.htm

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