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joseph · August 2, 2015

DX52-12 tomato was developed for the Campbell's soup company by Alvin Hamson. Alvin taught me to prune apple trees when I was a teenager. DX52-12 was derived from Moscow tomatoes, which we think were derived from an off type found in a field of Marglobe. The Moscow type tomatoes were the most widely planted tomatoes in Utah when my daddy was a child. By the time I was a teenager, DX52-12 was being grown commercially in huge fields around here. They were grown sprawling. I remember picking them to make tomato juice for the family. It is still available from Mountain Valley Seed.

I typically ask a silver dime (1964 or earlier) and a postage stamp for tomato seeds.

Or I'd swap for inter-species hybrids, or wild tomato species, or...

August 2, 2015	#43
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	DX52-12 tomato was developed for the Campbell's soup company by Alvin Hamson. Alvin taught me to prune apple trees when I was a teenager. DX52-12 was derived from Moscow tomatoes, which we think were derived from an off type found in a field of Marglobe. The Moscow type tomatoes were the most widely planted tomatoes in Utah when my daddy was a child. By the time I was a teenager, DX52-12 was being grown commercially in huge fields around here. They were grown sprawling. I remember picking them to make tomato juice for the family. It is still available from Mountain Valley Seed. I typically ask a silver dime (1964 or earlier) and a postage stamp for tomato seeds. Or I'd swap for inter-species hybrids, or wild tomato species, or... Last edited by joseph; August 2, 2015 at 01:41 PM.