RE: Tomato Variety and problem

Hi, all!
I had a cherry sized, but pear shaped yellow tomato that I really liked. I
bought it one year, the next year it was EVERYWHERE in my garden, so I
thought it would continue to do that...the third year there were just a few
seeded here and there, then it was gone. (Is this how a F-1 behaves? Other
thoughts?) I haven't seen it for sale anywhere, but recently got one in a
salad. I know I'm late, but I'm going to plant the seeds. I don't know its
name, but maybe one of you do. Also, except for tomato horn worm (last year
was the first time they appeared), we don't have much that gets after
tomatoes on this property. 
	Also, get this: last Saturday evening when I'd rather have been in
my garden, I pleased my husband by going horseback riding with him, except I
fell off when our girls thought a tree and creek was something to be afraid
of and tried to bolt for home. We spent the rest of the evening getting
x-rays...nothing broken, but two ligaments torn in my knee. Now I can't dig
with a spade (it's my digging leg), or with a trowel either, 'cause I can't
get down on the ground very easily, and if I do (I did) I have a bigger
struggle to get up again. Still a nifty tool (hoe on one side, three tined
scratcher on the other...it's very old) left in the barn by the previous
owners allowed me to plant ornamental flax, Texas bluebonnet and poppy seeds
last evening (blue, blue/white, and orange, of course). 
	You can't keep a true gardener down! But I think Sam will have to
help me plant the three rose bushes I bought Saturday afternoon. 

Carol 
Indianapolis



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Anne Davidson [SMTP:theplanimal@yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Monday, May 10, 1999 8:22 PM
> To:	veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject:	Re: Tomato Variety and problem 
> 
> My favorite variety has remained "Better
> Boy" although I have tried many others.  
> I grew a few cherry tomatoes once and was
> disappointed with the flavor and the tough
> skins. 
> 
> --- Jacqueline Witz  wrote:
> > hi beth,
> > 
> > i hate to sound like a broken record since i have
> > said this so many
> > times before but ever since i started planting a
> > basil plant or an
> > oregano plant between each tomato plant i have never
> > had an insect pest
> > problem.  i also make a strong "tea" of basil,
> > garlic, a dash of dish
> > soap and water and spray it on the leaves of the
> > tomatoes. 
> 
> Never mind the "broken record"; I've never 
> heard this before and it sounds useful.  
> 
> --Anne
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