Artisan Seeds launches
 

We are still working on our online store. It will be up by December 1.

In the mean-time we will be selling on our [URL="http://www.baianicchia.blogspot.com"]Baia Nicchia farm blog[/URL] (through PayPal).

Our [URL="http://www.artisanseeds.blogspot.com"]Artisan Seeds blog[/URL] has details.

There was an [URL="http://www.contracostatimes.com/my-town/ci_21815456/something-seedy-sunol-new-breed-heirloom-tomatoes?source=rss"]article on Millard Murdock's variety "Captain Lucky"[/URL] published in the Bay Area today. Captain Lucky has captured the attention of Nancy Oakes of Boulevard -- the restaurant that [URL="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-Boulevard-restaurant-wins-James-Beard-award-3541335.php"]won the James Beard award this year for "Best Restaurant"[/URL]

We will be selling Captain Lucky. As Millard's "preferred" source for seeds, we will be paying him a royalty on every packet of Captain Lucky sold.

We will also be selling packets of [URL="https://awhaley.com/seeds/vegetables/tomato-artisan/purple-bumble-bee-usda-organic"]Purple Bumble Bee[/URL] and [URL="https://awhaley.com/seeds/vegetables/tomato-artisan/pink-bumble-bee-usda-organic"]Pink Bumble Bee[/URL].

I like the pink bumble bee. Will that be avail by Dec 1st?

Pink Bumble Bee is available now at our blog, via PayPal: [url]www.baianicchia.blogspot.com[/url]

We will have our online store set up by December 1st, but there is no need to wait until then. In fact, it may be better to buy now because we are not charging for shipping for orders from the blog.

We haven't decided whether or not we will be charging for shipping via the online store.

Congratulations, Fred!

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Thanks Mischka.

So on your blog there are 3 varieties of tomatoes to
choose from. I only ordered 1 variety. Possibly would
have ordered more if there was more to choose from
on the blog, or maybe I'm missing something.

roper,

Thanks for the order!

I know it must seem crazy that we have so few varieties. These are the reasons:

1. We don't want to release things that are generally available from other folks. Although we are "Artisan Seeds", our aim is [B]not[/B] to be a full-service seed company. For example, we aren't even selling past varieties we have bred (Maglia Rosa for example) because other people have them.

2. Our focus is primarily on breeding and finding exceptional varieties to release (Maybe we should be called "Artisan Breeding"). There are many excellent companies selling seeds, and we don't feel that duplicating offerings is needed (or is in anyone's best interests).

Thanks for the explanation. Look forward to growing this one.

Hi Fred, wanted to order all 5 of your offerings, but the PayPal will only take one at a time, then eliminates the previous order. I am quite willing to submit 5 separate orders, if that is OK with you. Before I do that, though, can you reassure me that you are able to ship to Canada?

Hi Salix,

If you do all 5 back to back we will send them all together to Canada.

Cheers,

Okeydoke, thanks!

If I had to choose only one... I think Captain Lucky might be it. My friends who tried it have all said it was their favorite tomato also. Beautiful, but the taste is outstanding.

Tam,

We contacted Millard Murdock, the breeder of Captain Lucky, based both on our own experience with the variety and based on the consensus of the "community". We asked for permission to be "the" breeder-preferred seed company to release the variety.

Captain Lucky is so good, we think it deserves to get out there as a featured item, and Millard deserves a royalty.

We hope that people will come to us each year to buy Captain Lucky. We'll try to keep our prices competitive, once other seed companies pick it up. And we hope that, given a choice, people will choose to reward breeders of freely-available exceptional OP varieties when buying seed.

Thank you Fred - what a wonderful mission!

I just sent my order.

Thanks Fred. I will give them a try. 5 back to back incoming.

Fred,

It's been a long time since I used JUST PayPal buttons on my web site. But I do know there is a way that PP can be used so it will let you add more than 1 item to an order. You are shooting yourself in the foot with PP fees the way things are set-up now. Every order has the 0.35 fee + %. If you figure out how to let the customer continue shopping you will only have 1 - 0.35 fee instead of 5.

The other option would be to set up a "Mal's Cart". The buttons from them are simple and will let you add items to your cart. That's what I have on my site. They will work with PayPal and Google Checkout / Wallet, tho most people seem to use PP.

Actually my site needs a lot of work currently, but at least when someone figures it out they can order as much as they want before they have to check out.

Carol

Hi Carol,

Thanks for the input. We are using PayPal on the blog as a quick and dirty solution while we set up the online store.

People have just been ordering one at a time, and we have been collating orders.

It's good incentive to get the store finished!

Just put an order in!

Just put an order in!

Fred, it's great to see you get the new cherries out! Also, I really like the idea of supporting the original hybridizer (in this case, Millard) with a royalty! Best of luck with your venture!

Steve

Thanks Fred, I just placed my order. I received Capt. Lucky from Millard via Seedsavers years ago and it's been in my garden ever since, FABULOUS tomato, gorgeous coloration. Best of luck with the mission, I'm a believer and will order all I can, thanks.

Thanks everyone for your orders.

Steve, We are very excited to get the new cherries out too. It is just the start with regard to striped cherries. That is the area in which we are farthest along.

Woo-hoo! My seeds just arrived in the mail...three days coast to coast! Great service...thanks, Fred! :D

tnpeppers,

You forgot to mention the classically understated packaging...

Yes mine arrived today (in classically understated packaging)
Very quick shipping....Thanks!!

Now if we can get you to release those elongated cherries :)
looking forward to those.

That packaging must have inspired the USPS employees...three days across the country is insanely fast.

[QUOTE=Granite26;308037]Yes mine arrived today (in classically understated packaging)
Very quick shipping....Thanks!!

Now if we can get you to release those elongated cherries :)
looking forward to those.[/QUOTE]

Blush and Maglia Rosa are available at Seeds of Change. There will definitely be at least 2 more new elongated cherries available next winter.

[url]http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/product_details.aspx?item_no=P137900[/url]

[url]http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/product_details.aspx?item_no=PS21872[/url]

Thanks! ordered

Ordered.... the three new releases and the elongated varieties from SoC.

That makes 90 new varieties for 2013. I need a 12 step program.

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I received my seed. Thank you