Field's variety

peispud · March 26, 2007

Anyone know anything about an old
Field's variety called "The Redhead"?
Wondering if it existed or ???

Peter

**nctomatoman** · March 26, 2007

Yes, it does, but I've not grown it out. I got it out of the USDA in 1999 - I may have some seeds left, let me know if you would like to give it a try.

Andrey_BY · March 26, 2007

Funilly enough there is also a Russian tomato variety called Zlatovlaska (which can be translated as Redhead)!

michael johnson · March 26, 2007

So- there you are Andrey, I was wondering where you had got to

, been hard at it sowing seeds etc, I bet.

Andrey_BY · March 26, 2007

Here I'm, Michael. Yes, sowing time + recovering one of our greenhouses after heavy snowfall in February + hard times at my work - shareholders don't want to support us anymore and start selling our company... Very unclear prospects for this working year...

peispud · March 26, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by nctomatoman

Yes, it does, but I've not grown it out. I got it out of the USDA in 1999 - I may have some seeds left, let me know if you would like to give it a try.

I'd love to try it Craig. It was in Field's Seed Sense Catalog Vol. 5 No. 11 Feb 1918 on eBay and it was described in the information by Field's as "The Redhead - A New Tomato That Is Different and Better", the catalog "Printed And Published In The Private Printshop Of The Henry Field Seed Co., Shenandoah, Iowa". I missed buying the catalog as eBay had some problems last night and a lot of bids were lost.
I did manage to buy a couple of other nice 1920's
seed catalogs today though just to have something to read

March 26, 2007	#1
peispud Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 180	Field's variety Anyone know anything about an old Field's variety called "The Redhead"? Wondering if it existed or ??? Peter

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nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Yes, it does, but I've not grown it out. I got it out of the USDA in 1999 - I may have some seeds left, let me know if you would like to give it a try. __________________ Craig

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Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Funilly enough there is also a Russian tomato variety called Zlatovlaska (which can be translated as Redhead)! __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR Last edited by Andrey_BY; March 26, 2007 at 11:40 AM.

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Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Here I'm, Michael. Yes, sowing time + recovering one of our greenhouses after heavy snowfall in February + hard times at my work - shareholders don't want to support us anymore and start selling our company... Very unclear prospects for this working year... __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

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michael johnson Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK. Posts: 960	So- there you are Andrey, I was wondering where you had got to , been hard at it sowing seeds etc, I bet.