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Originally Posted by Greatgardens
Thanks. I didn't think of the (mentioned) Seed Banks originally, but I've seen pictures of (supposedly) a real seed bank somewhere in Denmark or Norway. Then searching "world seed bank" Bing returned this:
https://www.bing.com/search?q=world+...ZI&form=MOZTSB
22 years is impressive! My best is about 10 years, but then I don't know how old the seeds were when I got them -- presumably only a few years at most.
Just curious about this stuff. |
I know all about Svalbard.
One of the so called higher up SSE persons STOP,I decided to look for the thread here at Tville, and here it is.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...d+seed+storage
Please see my post #3.
Ok,you need to now know who Cary Fowler is.
https://www.google.com/search?q=cary...&bih=815&dpr=1
And why do you think the following person is now known as Amy Goldman Fowler.Yes,they got married. And yes Amy gave huge amounts of $$$ to SSE for this and that.
For several decades those of us who listed so many varieties in the Annual yearbook were sent money if we sent back seeds of those varieties to SSE. I don't know of anyone who took the money,they just returned the seeds and the money.
We were always told that our seeds would be safe with them and not distributed elsewhere. Well you saw from the post above what really happened. Seeds for not just tomatoes were also sent. All without our permission.
Then as members got their 4 issues of SSE Heritage magazine we saw Amy wrapped in mufflers and fur coats,entering what was called the Dooms day Vault and posing for pictures with Cary, and on and on.
I was NOT the only SSE member who was upset since we had not been told the truth about what would happen to our seeds.
Another way of looking at it,and I jest a bit, but love rules all,doesn't it?
Amy and Cary were married.
Amy and I were best friends for many years. She lived in Dutchess County south of where I was.She would drive up to the farm where I was growing several hundreds of tomato varieties as well as then teaching at a local liberal college. And then she would pick tomatoes to take back home to process the seeds.
And many times I drove down to her place as well.
Carolyn