Thread: French Tomatoes
View Single Post
Old October 12, 2017   #14
loulac
Tomatovillian™
 
loulac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: France
Posts: 554
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by zipcode View Post
Saveol has the whole range of colours (they are a big grower in France but they export in all of Europe…
We can’t put all French tomato creators in the same bag. Tomates Gautier is a reputable 60 year old firm only working with professional gardeners. They reside near the Mediterranean sea, not the Atlantic ocean in Brittany.


General information about the 60 year old family firm and their 13 test centers in Europe and Morocco can be found with the link given by Solanum 315 :
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bd650...130c52fa59.pdf

More details can be found there, French only but nice pictures :
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bd650...e788939f6a.pdf 37 varieties of tomatoes

as well as http://www.gautiersemencesbio.com/ph...=1506947933309 22organic varieties of organic tomatoes

Read in their general sales conditions :
They only sell to professional growers who are not allowed to keep seeds from the tomatoes they have bought. A warning is given : Each customer should check if the variety is adapted to their land and climate before buying.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Solanum315 View Post
Wow, so apparently, all I had to do to get a few seeds was go to Plaza Athénée and order a salad? Wish I knew that at the time. Would have been a very cool addition to my seed bank...Please let me know if you find something out.
As the gardener in chief is a very busy man talking on the radio and writing books I knocked at different doors but my attempts to contact him have failed up to now. I’m not giving up. My latest mails were sent to the château de Versailles asking them to forward my mail. I had no answer but they acknowledge receipt of my question, so I’m going to send them a follow-up mail.
loulac is offline   Reply With Quote