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Originally Posted by ginger2778
I was his source of seeds, why do you ask?
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Marsha I asked b/c his seeds were not correct for the variety and I wondered where he got his seeds from.
When I grew RB my seeds were directly from Russ Aceto,aka Counselor, and he asked me not to share seeds with anyone and I didn't.
Russ also sent me two of his own family Italian heirlooms,one was called Father,the other one Son, and yes he had no problem with my putting them in a seed offer.
Which is true for many varieties,if we don't share seeds with each other, the really great ones don't have a chance to be better known.
Why did Russ call his site Doc and Katie's? that's an interesting question. When I first was asked to go to D and K he saw I was in upstate NY,so Pmed me and asked me where. It turned out he's originally from the Rochester, NY area and I was there
at the same time in grad School at the Med Center. We both knew Doc and Katie since they were well known in the area and had a radio program. And on their radio program they would say,here's our address if you want to send to us and ask for our sheets on how to grow this and that please do so.
I liked the taste of RB, but Russ didn't like the color and I was supposed to get back to him and make some suggestions,but I left D and K primarily b/c it was more of a club than a message site and he was trying very hard to up membership by doing those contests like what is your best Red Beefsteak, etc.
I went back only once about a year ago,with a new user name just to spy on someone,I admit that.
I don't know if he's now retired,if you are still there you can tell me that and I don't know if either of the two e-mail addys I have will now reach him,but you can help with that as well
Carolyn