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Re: Was:Tomates - no fruit, no blloms; Now Hort Article

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Yes, Doreen's article was great!

I, too, have been disappointed in the "black" tomatoes here in DC (USDA 
cold zone 7a, AHS heat zone 7).  Even Pruden's Purple and Cherokee Purple 
have been suboptimal for me.  Frankly, bruised dark look just turns me 
off.  The spooky chartreuse seeds in the purple jelly inside doesn't help 
either....

I've got a Black Krim in the raised beds this year for the first time, so I 
haven't given up completely.

Re Schimmeig Stoo, I received seeds of Schimmieg Striped Hollow from the Am 
Hort Soc free seed exchange in 1994 and grew it out that year with great 
results.  It looked exactly like the line art of Schimmeig Stoo that 
accompanied Doreen's article.  It's a "stuffing tomato" with a naturally 
almost-empty core.  I got zillions of fruits off my 3 cages full of it, 
though individual fruits were not big enough to contain an adult's serving 
of, say, tuna salad.  You'd need about 3 of them to do that.

That variety showed no disease problems at all--rare for an heirloom.

Doreen cited Becky's Biggie as a huge Illinois regional tom.  I haven't 
heard of this one, Doreen.  Can I have some seeds of it for next year?

It's looking like another problematic tomato year here in the 
mid-Atlantic.  Because of knee problems, I couldn't grow my toms from seeds 
this spring.  (Had to give up all optional trips up and down stairs to the 
basement, where my grow-light setup is.)  But I put out nursery-grown sets 
of Brandywine, Black Krim, Dona, Park's Whopper, Fourth of July from 
Burpee, Miracle (never seen before; just took a flyer on it), and one or 
two more I forget now.  (Haven't checked those labels lately....)

I have a couple smallish fruit set and a  handful of blossoms showing, but 
our weather has been a little odd.   We had another early bout of *very* 
hot weather in June, like 1999, which hurt the overall situation very badly 
then when a second bout of extreme temps around July 4 sealed our local 
fate.  I'm praying we don't get any more weather like that until the more 
usual time for it, August.

This week, it's rained every day but been around 90 degrees F. for the 
highs, too.  Remembering that toms do not set fruit until diurnal temps go 
below 72 degrees at some time during a 24-hour period, I'm not at all sure 
I will get anything out of this week's blossoms....

Doreen asked,
 >BTW, has anyone grown the new Seed Savers Exchange japonica corn?  I got a
>4-pak of plants from their retail store in Madison, and plants are now about
>4 feet tall.  The leaves are pretty--pink, green and yellow stripes.  The
>corn tassels are supposed to be purple and the kernels burgundy.  I can
>hardly wait!!

Neato!  I have not heard of Japonica corn, but I've got a pal with a 2-acre 
truck garden up near the Pnensylvania-Maryland border who grows colored 
corns for use in craft projects.  If Japonica kernels turn out good and 
dark, I will want to turn him onto it for the 2001 season.  Keep us posted 
on its progress, Doreen.

--Janet


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