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Old August 8, 2015   #23
Fred Hempel
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Yes. Lithium Sunset is a line I had.

The short story is:

1. Speckled Roman and Northern lights are it's two most important ancestors.

2. I considered the variety to have 2 main shortcomings, which is why I never formally released it -- First, it has very short shelf life, and as a farmer, this was very frustrating. Second, the shape was very variable, and that didn't go over well when it came time to sell the tomatoes. A few mis-shapen tomatoes are OK with my main buyer, but mis-shapen seemed to be the rule with Lithium Sunset.

3. I kept working on developing a variety with the same color combination and flavor, but with more uniform and round shape, and with better shelf-life. The result is Yellow Jazz, which will be available soon.

Another Yellow Jazz photo

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