Re: Cornell Vegetable Varieties Database

**"* B* <l*@msn.com>**

Jeff,

Thanks so much for this info.  I will pass it on to the Ct Master Gardeners and get it into our newsletter as well as that of the Ct Hort Society. They are sure to get in their 2 cents worth, if not spread the word even more.
Lorraine 

Lorraine Ballato 
16 Mudry Farm Rd 
Brookfield CT 06804 
(203)740-8636

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Ball<j*@usol.com> 
  To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum<g*@lists.ibiblio.org> 
  Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:34 AM
  Subject: [GWL] Cornell Vegetable Varieties Database

  I have just finished an article about the Cornell Vegetable Varieties  
  Database (www.vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/<http://www.vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/>) and realized maybe there  
  are one or two in this terribly intelligent and sophisticated group  
  that have not heard about this wonderful website.  They have been in  
  operation for three years and have no budget for marketing so getting  
  the word out has been difficult.  The concept is that gardeners from  
  the U.S. and Canada can go into the site and report their experience,  
  good or bad,  with one or more varieties of vegetable or herb in  
  their garden each year.  Over time as more and more gardeners offer  
  their ratings, we will finally have a database that helps us discover  
  those varieties of each vegetable that perform the best in our own  
  region (eventually down to state and zip code).  They have 2000  
  members but only 500 have actually given ratings; gardeners must be  
  shy.  They have 60,000 visitors in 2007 so far.

  Examples - Sun gold tomato has 42 rating comments from all over the  
  country.  Brandywine tomato has 37 evaluations from all over the  
  country.  If a gardener has never heard about Sungold and has a  
  chance to review comments by 42 vegetable gardeners, that person is  
  going to be in a lot better position to make a good decision about  
  whether sungold will work in their own garden.  They have over 5000  
  varieties of vegetables and herbs listed in their database waiting  
  for evaluations.

  They also have excellent growing sheets for all the vegetables and  
  herbs.  It is a vegetable gardeners dream, beginner or old hand.   
  It's going to take another 5 or 6 years of growing to really reach  
  its true potential and value.  So if any of you are looking for a  
  topic, this project is a goodie.  The director is Lori Bushway (607)  
  255-5918.

  Jeff Ball
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