Historical background information for varieties handed down from bygone days.
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May 28, 2009 | #61 |
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Yes Neil, it was Taps and Craig reminded me of that when he called yesterday about something else and I asked him if he remembered.
He says he was able to stabilize it and thinks that it wasn't stable when it was first listed. I haven't gone back to see who did first list it and when. The Polish C situation was a bit different. I have RL and PL versions of several varieties and individually they're stable but I don't list or distribute seeds for a wrong leaf form, except I did offer the RL version of Polish C in a seed offer I did at GW quite a few years ago b'c the taste is great and several folks wanted it and didn't care about leaf form and I asked them not to distribute the wrong leaf form. At the time I didn't have the correct PL leaf form I also have several varieties in both red and pink versions, which isn't all that rare, but don't distribute the wrong color for those either. Yes, I know there's Amana Pink and Yellow Riesentraube and Yellow Ping Pong and on and on, but I prefer not to knowingly distribute either wrong leaf versions or wrong color versions for specific varieties. I was a bit surprised when Glenn at Sandhill listed a pink Cuostralee for 2009 and he cited the comment in my book that I did have both red and pink versions of that one. So his red Cuostralee obviously sustained an epidermis mutation from yellow to clear, just as mine had.
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June 19, 2009 | #62 |
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hello i got seeds in a trade. This year i grew them out . I got 2 pl and 2 reg. leaf. So i get to bring one of each type to the Choptag.{please start producing} I gave a pl away here. I wish I knew who I got the seeds from. Well this should be fun. Susan
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June 19, 2009 | #63 |
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Were your seeds represented as "True Black Brandywine" or just "Black Brandywine?"
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June 22, 2009 | #64 |
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Just 2 words. Black Brandywine. I hope they are a great tasting tomato. Susan
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