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Re: Was Traffic, now Tomato.

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I am also a beginner but did have fun here last year.  I tried Green Zebra,
German Johnson, Husky Gold "cherry" ,Red Robin and Black Krim.
This year was a very bad year in our area for tomatoes since the nights and
even days remained cold quite late.  My tomatoes had an even harder time
since i d did not use any of the aids "required" to grow tomatoes here. I
got ripe tomatoes off the Red Robin, Green Zebra, and surprise one off the
German Johnson.   The red robin was okay, the German Jhonson was good but
the Green Zebra has a permanet placein my tomatoe culture.  The flavor even
in the green ones i ate was supurb!  I have however noticed that there
appear to be two strains out ther one is indeterminate (the one i grew) the
one i have seeds for next year is a determinate version.  I hope the taste
is still there.
I was glad to hear you mention the Black Prince as a flavor winner but here
again i have noticed there are at least two versions out there :(   I am
interested in the garden peach but not sure it would thrive here.  How long
do yours take to ripen?
Any one have suggestions for cool short growing seasons I woudl be very
happy to hear them.
Kvlvr
Wyoming
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doreen Howard" <doreen@fgi.net>
To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Was Traffic, now Tomato.


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>  Francoise De Smet wrote:
> >What are those favorites of yours? I like the book because I am starting
> and do
> >not know enough varieties to have favorites yet. The book gives me a good
> >starting place.
>
> Southern Night, Black Prince, Mortgage Lifter (Carolyn did cover this
one),
> Striped German, Green Zebra and Garden Peach for flavor.  For sheer
beauty,
> I love Schimmeig Stoo and Purple Calabash (it tastes awful).  For canning,
> making salsa and paste, I like San Marzano and good old hybrid Roma!  I
> tested a new tomato for 2000 this season in my garden--Vita Gold from
> Seminis Seeds.  It will be available everywhere.  It has up to 20 times
the
> beta carotene of a regular tomato.  What I like about it was that is had
the
> same shape and texture of Roma and was as prolific.  The fruit is orange
so
> it makes an interesting salsa!  One drawback--the flavor is bland.  But,
of
> all the tomatoes we picked green and brought indoors to ripen, Vita Gold
> held its shape and texture the best.  We didn't have one rotten one.
> Doreen Howard
> Central Illinois--zone 5b
>
>
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