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Old February 17, 2017   #24
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Originally Posted by carolyn137 View Post
Absolutely correct. She was offering this one as well as another French one called Carmello F1, couldn't get any more seeds and this link from Tania I think explains what came from where.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Dona

I grew the F1's of both Dona and Carmello which I got from her then seed site and,well, wasn't impressed at all , considering the options I had as to medium sized reds, whether F1 or OP

Break O Day is a great OP that more folks should grow IMO

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Break_O%27Day

But I do appreciate the offer for true Dona F1 that is being made,especially for those who didn't know it even existed.

Carolyn
Forgive me, as I don't know the history, but were the Shepherd seeds not actually F1s? She is offering Crimson Carmello on her new site now, and claims those are the OP version of that variety. I considered buying for a moment and then got the F1 elsewhere.

I'll be honest, I like her seeds for other vegetables but in nearly a decade I have never successfully grown a tomato from RGS.

I've been looking for the Dona F1s forever and was similarly tempted by the "OP" versions from several sites, glad I never tried them.
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