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Old July 5, 2015   #60
stevenkh1
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Well Mike, you're doing a yeoman's job - I know it has to be a painstaking process when you find a new seed to double check it against the old catalogs, find photographs, etc.

It's interesting when I look at seed catalogs...it doesn't appear there were that many toms listed in those catalogs (hundreds) compared to today's "heirlooms" (thousands upon thousands). I noticed in the 40s/50s/60s, some seed vendors started calling tomato seeds like Marglobe and Ponderosa as examples, "certified".

I wonder how many of today's "heirlooms" are actually renamed tomatoes from the olden days...?
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