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Old April 25, 2017   #34
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And I just remembered about Botaniqe Originale, which I got from Nobert in France in that huge trade that 4 of us had with him back in 1992,so here's a couple of links that might interest someone here.

First,an old thread from Tomatoville about Botanique Originale

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=10164

I first grew it when I was doing a reproduction garden for varieties known to be around in 1840 and that for the Shaker place up near the Albany,NY airport, where Mother Ann Lee had her last residence and died there and yes, there is still a cemetery there where she was buried as well as an Ann Lee pond named for her.I set out two plants next to each other. Huge gorgeous plants with blossoms that were pale yellow and very fragile that fluttered like butterflies when the wind blew, but not ONE blossom ever set fruit. I think I asked someone about it and they it was self incompatible or something like that.

I know about incompatibility with tomatillos and that you have to put out at least two plants so they can cross pollinate, but I had two plants out and nada.

And now a more general link about tomato history which I think is pretty darn good and where it speaks to incompatibility it speaks to me of Botanique Originale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato



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