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Originally Posted by Andrey_BY
Carolyn,
...that is the same old question about Crimea (now Ukraine, former Russian area for ages) as an area of origin of many black tomato varieties... Still can't believe in that, because there is no such info circulated inside former Soviet Union countries (CIS now)...
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Andrey,
The life in the former USSR tought me that if there is no information available or circulated in the country it does
NOT mean that the thing never existed - I am sure you know what I am talking about
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Re so called 'Ethiopian' black varieties originated in Ukraine - my other speculation is that these could indeed be some black tomatoes originated in Russia, and called 'Efiop', or 'Ethiopian' by people who associated black color with the skin color of etihopian people. Similar story may apply to the well known Paul Robeson tomato... or 'Negritenok' tomato.
What do you think?
