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Originally Posted by jerzey
It was such an interesting narrative that I grew it last year before I had discovered this forum and your site. I love growing tomatoes with a story, both for myself and to excite folks at market, so unfortunately I spread some bad info this past summer as a result of my gullibility...
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I read the link you gave above and my comments about Purple Calabash.
What I didn't say in that post was that it was Will Weaver who wrote the blurb for Monticello and he was the one who gave the seeds to Monticello. Last I knew he was a very good friend of the Director or Garden Manager there.
Purple Calabash was not known when Jefferson was at Monticello. I have all of Jefferson's garden books and they make for great reading, but what he grew often had no names, some did, and I once wrote them down, but lost in the many moves I've had to make.
Carolyn