A proposal for a Tomato Datasheet

[Don S]

As an aid to choosing which tomatoes to grow this year, I mocked up an Excel datasheet containing abbreviated descriptions of the color, shape, size, season, growth type, parents, height, leaf type, yield, taste, origin and disease resistance of (so far) 500 varieties culled from reference books and web sites. So far it seems helpful even though some of the information is subjective, but I need your advice as to whether an expanded version would be of use to the gardening community.

If you have a copy of Microsoft Excel and would be willing to let me know your opinion on this beta-test version, please send a message to dshirer@att.net with your email address and I will send you a copy of the Excel datasheet plus a Word file suggesting how to use it.