Thanks for the link Steve. There seems to be agreement with Craig's opinion.
By the way, although I based my discussion on a statement of Penny's, I'm not questioning her naming of her tomatoes. She says they are different from other varieties and I don't have any reason not to believe her. The more that we discuss the issue, the more I realize that a new name is appropriate if there are significant changes.
I just didn't agree with the idea that a tomato automatically becomes a new variety after you've grown it for eight seasons. (and I was also curious whether there were any standards in the tomato community about names)
As fortyonenorth says, Penny may have been referring to the time it takes to stabilize a hybrid back to an OP. That certainly makes more sense to me than the the literal meaning of the original statement.
In any event, this wasn't meant to be an attack on Penny. Just disagreeing with and trying to form a discussion around one statement of hers that caught my attention.
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