I am glad to see the interest here. I don't know what the ability of the site is in terms of storing and organizing such a permanent set of files, but it would seem that a first step would be to all work together towards a common format with a strong emphasis upon developing a one page (front only) descriptor of each variety that has a large image at the top followed by a description. All of the wonderful history and in-depth breeding information probably is not as valuble for the general public seeking to buy a good looking, good tasting variety of a particular size. Here, you're not trying to create a tomato database, so much as a marketing tool to entice the customer to buy. The less verbiage, the less ink used to print each page. With a common format, it should be fairly simple to fill in the blanks for the individual varieties. The big question is, could the site here host such a storage and retrieval vehicle so that all members could simply download a page as needed?
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