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Originally Posted by KarenO
Is anyone here a SSE member who can tell me who listed Zena's Gift in the SSE as a new and rare variety?
Naturally with no attribution to the source (ME) or the story.
Fascinating day here. Pm me please.
KarenO
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Yes I can.
this is from I think 2-3 Years ago
(Here are some photo’s of my “Zena’s gift” tomato. It is quite stable and all of the fruits have either this round beefsteak appearance or more oblate sometimes and range from about 8-16 oz. thin skin, always lightly ribbed shoulders, never any green on the shoulders. first ripe fruit typically in mid July which makes it fairly early for a big tomato at about 70-75 days.Sometimes early blooms are compound so it is also capable of making large misshapen fruit.
A vigorous and large RL indeterminate plant.
I’m glad you are interested in it as I would really like to see some others grow it. It’s a great tomato.
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Above is the info you gave to me, I still have it.
Neil got it from me as one of my seed producers,he lost all his plants 2-3 years ago including I think maybe 3 years ago,regrew it recently I think, but which Yearbook are you referring to since that makes a huge difference, and yes,he did know it came from you since I usually ID where seeds came from. If I had the time to look back in my data book I might find that.
You also PMed me about this.
If Neil forgot the source,I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were an SSE member,so that's good as well, I think,and I say that since I stopped being a listed member last year but being a longtime,lifetime member I still get all of the publications.
This year there was a huge rush for the listed members and no one was even answering at SSE for days at a time.
Now I'm also remembering that you sent me the seeds inside a card,I think I misplaced them and asked you to send them again,and you did.
I have no control whatsoever as to what someone might write as to background in the Yearbook.I only know that when I was still a listed member I wrote everything I knew about a variety.There have been times when a seed producer asks me if I have more history,sometimes I do,sometimes I don't.
Carolyn,who hopes that helps, and not a mystery to me at all.So I won't answer your PM since it's all here.