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A -- Alternaria stem canker; an A after a variety name indicates resistance to this
AGG -- 'Aunt Gertie's Gold'
AKA -- also known as
ARJR -- 'Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red'
ARGG - 'Aunt Ruby's German Green'
ASAP -- as soon as possible
bagged - seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization
b/c -- because
belly button - an inward depression on the blossom end of a tomato
BB --- 'Bloody Butcher', 'BrandyBoy'
BBH -- 'Brad's Black Heart'
BCW -- 'Box Car Willie'
BER -- blossom end rot
BFT -- 'Black from Tula'
BLT --- RTS (Ruined Tomato Sandwich) Really, it's a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich.
BP --- 'Black Prince'
BT --- Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms
BTD -- 'Berkeley Tie Dye'
BTW -- by the way
BW --- 'Brandywine'
BWPS - 'Big White Pink Stripes' (seems to be marketed by the acronym alone)
Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower
CC --- 'Cherokee Chocolate'
CEC -- cation exchange capacity - a measure of a soil's potential fertility
ChChoc - 'Cherokee Chocolate'
CG --- 'Cherokee Green'
ChGreen - 'Cherokee Green'
CP --- 'Cherokee Purple'
ChPur - 'Cherokee Purple'
CMV -- cucumber mosaic virus
CRM - concrete reinforcing mesh (same as CRW)
CRW - concrete reinforcing wire (same as CRM)
CSA - community supported agriculture, also known as "subscription farming."
CTV -- Curly Top Virus, also seen as beet leaf curly top virus (BLCTV)
DG -- Dave's Garden® - a garden bulletin board and resource website
Det - determinate
DH --- Dear Husband
DTM -- days to maturity; time (with ideal good conditions) from transplant to mature fruit.
DIY EB = Do-it-yourself Earthbox®. - home-made self-watering plant containers
DW ---Dear Wife
DWS -- 'Dancing With Smurfs'
EB's -- Earthboxes®, a commercial SWC
EF --- 'Earl's Faux'
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
EPB -- 'Eva Purple Ball'
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this
F1 -- a hybrid between two separate varieties or lines; the first generation of a newly made hybrid
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
FF -- resistance to races 1 and 2 of Fusarium
FFF - resistance to three races of Fusarium
Florida weave - a trellising method
FWIW - for what it's worth
GA --- 'Gregori's Altai'
GDC -- 'Golden Dwarf Champion'
GE --- genetically engineered
GG --- 'Green Giant'
GH --- greenhouse
GJ --- 'German Johnson'
GMG -- 'Grub's Mystery Green'
GMO -- genetically-modified organism
GRS -- 'German Red Strawberry'
GW --- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website
GWR -- green when ripe
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IIRC - if I recall correctly
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMO -- in my opinion
IRL -- in real life
Indet - indeterminate
JBT -- 'Japanese Black Trifele'
JF --- 'Jaune Flammee'
KB --- 'Kellogg's Breakfast'
KBX -- 'Kellogg's Breakfast', potato leaf
KHP -- 'Kalman's Hungarian Pink'
LC --- 'Lucky Cross'
Lucky X - 'Lucky Cross'
LL --- 'Little Lucky'
LGS -- 'Lime Green Salad'
LOL -- laugh(ing) out loud
LPB -- 'Large Pink Bulgarian'
LYH -- 'Lillian's Yellow Heirloom'
MG --- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer
ML --- 'Mortgage Lifter'
MP --- 'Marianna's Peace'
N --- nematodes; an N after a variety name indicates resistance to this
NAR -- 'Neve's Azorean Red'
NBD -- 'New Big Dwarf'
NCP -- natural cross-pollination
NPK -- Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium - the ratios of the three major nutrients in a fertilizer
NSP -- natural self-pollination
OP -- open-pollinated; a true-breeding variety or line (not an F1 hybrid)
OTOH - on the other hand
OTV - off the vine; also the name of a tomato publication
PL --- potato leaf (not regular leaf)
PM --- private message
PNW -- Pacific North West of the United States
PPM -- part per million - a measurement often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions
PPP -- 'Pink Ping Pong', or perhaps, rarely, 'Pale Perfect Purple'
RKN -- root knot nematode
RL --- regular leaf
ROFLMAO - rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
S --- Septoria; an S after a variety name indicates resistance to this
SAP -- 'Sub-Arctic Plenty'
SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope
SASBE - self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage)
SESE - Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
SFG -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method
SFT -- 'Silvery Fir Tree'
SH --- southern hemisphere
SHP -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds
SO --- significant other
SOW -- 'Stump Of the World'
SSE -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit organization
St -- Stemphylium - a fungal grey leaf spot; St after a variety name indicates resistance to this
stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit
SWC -- self-watering container
T --- indicates resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus when seen after a variety name
TGRC - Tomato Genetics Research Center at the U. C. Davis
TGS(C) - Tomato Grower's Supply Company ®, a seed and supplies website
TMV -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
ToMV -- Tomato Mosaic Virus
TmRSV - Tomato Ring Spot Virus
TSWV - Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
TT --- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website
TT --- Tomato Tone® fertilizer by Espoma
TTC --Texas Tomato Cage
TV --- Tomatoville®, this website
TYLCV - Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
TYVM - thank you very much
TYW -- 'Tom's Yellow Wonder'
V --- Verticillium wilt; a V after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
WOW -- Wall O' Water® - a frost-protection device
YMMV - your mileage may vary ( meaning, your experience may be different)
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