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

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Janet, seeds for Becky' Biggie are on their way.  The name is strange (I
dubbed it that), because the variety is one that has been passed among
farmers and gardeners in and near Springfield, IL for about 50 years.  No
one has a name for it--they just plant it, save seeds and share.

Schimmeig Stoo and Schimmeig Striped Hollow are the same tomato.  I really
like it, because it's attractive, good for salads (stuffing, too) and is
totally disease resistant.  Schimmeig is one of Tom Wagner's creations (the
3rd class of heirlooms--crosses of existing heirlooms).

I'll take digital pix of the corn when it tassels and is ripe.  Those who
want to see it can ask me to send the jpegs as attached email.   I'll let
everyone know.
Doreen

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Wintermute <jwintermute@erols.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:31 AM
Subject: 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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