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Old February 8, 2018   #67
stevenkh1
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Originally Posted by majabu View Post
Hello Carolyn,

thank you for your posting, too.

Well, I have read the thread.

But: Livingston released Acme in 1875. And the German Company Ernst Benary sold the seeds in 1881 as a new variety of America. At the end of 19th century it took a long time to order seeds and deliver to Germany. So I don`t think, that so many other companys copied Acme and sold to Europe. So there is a good chance, that Benary ordered originally seeds by Livingston.

Also there are no descriptions for LYC 291 at IPK Gatersleben.

So who will know, if LYC 291 is not the true Livingston's Acme?
Having looked through dozens upon dozens of old seed catalogs from the late 19th-early 20th century, Acme was WILDLY popular. In fact, I don't recall a seed company in those days that didn't sell Acme. However as Carolyn has pointed out over and over in many threads here, there were seed companies in those days that would take tomato varieties and relabel them with a different name (think private label).

Since you're in Germany, can you obtain some LYC 291 seed and grow it out? Acme was grown here in the States for 60+ years - up until the early 1940s. And someone, somewhere has got to have seeds for it.

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