Little Nickie
Born April 13, 2006
Died June 21, 2006
Papa Vic regrets to inform tomato lovers worldwide that Little Nickie, our beloved Russian Chocolate, went to spend eternity with other dearly departed cultivars in Tomato Paradise.
A special note of sympathy is extended to Andrej Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus, who entrusted Little Nickie, along with two sibling germplasms, to Papa Vic hoping that future offspring would enjoy wide spread acceptance among loving tomato growers all across the U.S. and Canada.
Unfortunately, one of the three seeds was a dead head, another made it to transplant in a friend's garden but passed on just two weeks before Little Nickie herself succumbed to an apparent broken heart and fell victim to the dreaded Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus.
