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Old August 6, 2015   #5
stevenkh1
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I gotta admit, I am surprised - you're one of the leading experts on tomato varieties.

I just previewed Andy Smith's book and there's no mention of Feejee/Fiji (or any other alternate spelling).

I did see tho in a book authored in 1911 that the Feejee tomato was still around as there was a recipe using that specific tomato.

And I just discovered an old book from 1844 entitled "United States Exploring Expedition - Volume 3, Page 327 where it appears the Feejee is found on Tavea (one of the islands comprising the Fiji Islands):

https://books.google.com/books?id=MH...IVDEmSCh0oTwWC
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