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**Tom Wagner** · June 17, 2014

Thanks, Carolyn, for linking to Man of La Mancha and the music. The Don Quixote quest that I am on with a lifetime of tomato breeding is somehow ominously parallel to fighting a war against all odds.

I went to the Frank Sinatra version of the song that has lyrics as you listen. I am not the only one who is chasing tomato windmills, some of us try out huge numbers of tomato varieties each year in their 'quest' for the perfect tomato.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjI7VeIA7ZI

I am guilty of being an impossible dreamer. How many of us are considered 'mad' by our family, friends, co-workers and employers? However ridiculous and incredulous pumping out dozens of new varieties each year is....does it truly leave the world a better place?. Carolyn, I believe you are, indeed, one of those who leave the world a better place. Thank you!

I've got tomatoes to transplant, tomatoes to cross, tomatoes to extract seed from, so pardon me while I get on my horse and charge some windmills!

June 17, 2014	#3
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Thanks, Carolyn, for linking to Man of La Mancha and the music. The Don Quixote quest that I am on with a lifetime of tomato breeding is somehow ominously parallel to fighting a war against all odds. I went to the Frank Sinatra version of the song that has lyrics as you listen. I am not the only one who is chasing tomato windmills, some of us try out huge numbers of tomato varieties each year in their 'quest' for the perfect tomato. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjI7VeIA7ZI I am guilty of being an impossible dreamer. How many of us are considered 'mad' by our family, friends, co-workers and employers? However ridiculous and incredulous pumping out dozens of new varieties each year is....does it truly leave the world a better place?. Carolyn, I believe you are, indeed, one of those who leave the world a better place. Thank you! I've got tomatoes to transplant, tomatoes to cross, tomatoes to extract seed from, so pardon me while I get on my horse and charge some windmills!