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cwavec · March 24, 2017

@Malabar Circle:

Can you elaborate on the meaning of "Spongillo". In your very first post
you add that in parentheses and go on to say something about it as an
alternative name for the variety.

But what does this mean and what does it refer to; maybe something
having to do with the soil?

Then again there seems to be a little discrepancy popping up.
Mentioned above by Labradors2, it seems that your Pomodorino del
Piennolo have a regular leaf while Tania's Tomatobase says clearly
that they are expected to have a potato leaf.

Is it possible that there is more than one variety or that even after
many (human) generations of selection, there could still be a
considerable amount of variation. Where did you get your seeds?

March 24, 2017	#27
cwavec Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: PA - 5b Posts: 92	Spongillo @Malabar Circle: Can you elaborate on the meaning of "Spongillo". In your very first post you add that in parentheses and go on to say something about it as an alternative name for the variety. But what does this mean and what does it refer to; maybe something having to do with the soil? Then again there seems to be a little discrepancy popping up. Mentioned above by Labradors2, it seems that your Pomodorino del Piennolo have a regular leaf while Tania's Tomatobase says clearly that they are expected to have a potato leaf. Is it possible that there is more than one variety or that even after many (human) generations of selection, there could still be a considerable amount of variation. Where did you get your seeds?