RE: Tomato Variety and problem

Well God Bless you Carol! Please take care of those torn ligaments.  I think 
it is true, that you can't keep a true gardener down as I was planting my 
tomatoes a few weeks ago and darn if it didn't rain but I planted the 3 
remaining oblivious to the downpour.  :)
Ruth
Zone 7...Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

>From: "Young, Carol K E" <cyoung1@iupui.edu>
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>Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 08:59:00 -0500
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>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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