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Old July 12, 2014   #22
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Hey gang - and thanks Carolyn for removing me from transcribing days of audio recordings taken over the week into my Excel spreadsheet (gets tedious!)...

So - Henderson did call it Winsall - that is the "official" name.

Someone in NC, in 1994, sent me seeds for a tomato which he clearly spelled as "Wins All" in the letter and on the seed packet - to keep true to the source, I believe I may have listed it in the SSE as that (with the history) - and it may well be "Winsall" as released by Henderson.

I've grown them both (Winsall from Gary Staley sent to me in 1988 which he spelled as "Winsall" and "Wins All" as sent to me by the North Carolina fellow - and they were essentially both tasty regular leaf, large fruited pink beefsteak types - which is what one would expect, being essentially a selection of Henderson's original Ponderosa.

Isn't this fun!

Thanks again for pinging me, C!
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