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Old June 2, 2011   #45
Iochroma
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OK, here's my go at the glossary, humbly submitted with a couple of typo corrections and editorial additions by me to clarify, especially to those not from North America, or those new to gardening. Also, I've added a few words that threw me at first when I first saw them used here.
I left in the many common web acronyms, although I think the list would better serve if it were just tomato-focused.
Please feel free to critique or offer improvements.


AGG -- Aunt Gertie's Gold
AKA -- also known as
ARJR -- Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red
ARGG - Aunt Ruby's German Green
ASAP - as soon as possible
bagged - seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization
b/c -- because
belly button - an inward depression on the blossom end of a tomato
BB --- Bloody Butcher, BrandyBoy
BBH -- Brad's Black Heart
BCW -- Box Car Willie
BER -- blossom end rot
BFT -- Black from Tula
BLT --- RTS (Ruined Tomato Sandwich) Really, it's a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich.
BP --- Black Prince
BT --- Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms
BTD -- Berkeley Tie Dye
BTW -- by the way
BW --- Brandywine
BWPS - Big White Pink Stripes (seems to be marketed by the acronym alone)
Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower
CC --- Cherokee Chocolate
CEC -- cation exchange capacity
ChChoc - Cherokee Chocolate
CG --- Cherokee Green
ChGreen - Cherokee Green
CP --- Cherokee Purple
ChPur - Cherokee Purple
CMV -- cucumber mosaic virus
CRM - concrete reinforcing mesh (same as CRW)
CRW - concrete reinforcing wire (same as CRM)
CSA - community supported agriculture, also known as "subscription farming."
CTV -- Curly Top Virus, also seen as beet leaf curly top virus (BLCTV)
DG -- Dave's Garden® - a garden bulletin board and resource website
Det - determinate
DH --- Dear Husband
DTM -- days to maturity; time (with ideal good conditions) from transplant to mature fruit.
DIY EB = Do-it-yourself Earthbox®. - home-made self-watering plant containers
DW ---Dear Wife
DWS -- Dancing With Smurfs
EB's -- Earthboxes®, a commercial SWC
EF --- Earl's Faux
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
EPB -- Eva Purple Ball
F1 -- a hybrid between two separate lines; the first generation of a newly made hybrid
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
Florida weave - a trellising method
FWIW - for what it's worth
GA --- Gregori's Altai
GDC -- Golden Dwarf Champion
GE --- genetically engineered
GG --- Green Giant
GH --- greenhouse
GJ --- German Johnson
GMG -- Grub's Mystery Green
GMO -- genetically-modified organism
GRS -- German Red Strawberry
GW --- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website
GWR -- green when ripe
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IIRC - if I recall correctly
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMO -- in my opinion
IRL -- in real life
Indet - indeterminate
JBT -- Japanese Black Trifele
JF --- Jaune Flammee
KB --- Kellogg's Breakfast
KBX -- Kellogg's Breakfast, potato leaf
KHP -- Kalman's Hungarian Pink
LC --- Lucky Cross
Lucky X - Lucky Cross
LL --- Little Lucky
LGS -- Lime Green Salad
LOL -- laugh(ing) out loud
LPB -- Large Pink Bulgarian
LYH -- Lillian's Yellow Heirloom
MG --- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer
ML --- Mortgage Lifter
MP --- Marianna's Peace
NAR -- Neve's Azorean Red
NBD -- New Big Dwarf
NCP -- natural cross-pollination
NPK -- Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium - the ratios of the three major nutrients in a fertilizer
NSP -- natural self-pollination
OP -- open-pollinated; a true-breeding line (not an F1 hybrid)
OTOH - on the other hand
OTV - off the vine; also the name of a tomato publication
PL --- potato leaf (not regular leaf)
PM --- private message
PNW -- Pacific North West of the United States
PPM -- part per million - a measurment often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions
PPP -- Pink Ping Pong, or perhaps, rarely, Pale Perfect Purple
RKN -- root knot nematode
RL --- regular leaf
ROFLMAO - rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
SAP -- Sub-Arctic Plenty
SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope
SASBE - self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage)
SESE - Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
SFG -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method
SFT -- Silvery Fir Tree
SH --- southern hemisphere
SHP -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds
SO --- significant other
SOW -- Stump Of the World
SSE -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit organization
stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit
SWC -- self-watering container
TGS(C) - Tomato Grower's Supply Company ®, a seed and supplies website
TMV -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
ToMV -- Tomato Mosaic Virus
TmRSV - Tomato Ring Spot Virus
TSWV - Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
TT --- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website
TT --- Tomato Tone® fertilizer by Espoma
TTC --Texas Tomato Cage
TV --- Tomatoville®, this website
TYLCV - Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
TYVM - thank you very much
TYW -- Tom's Yellow Wonder
V --- Verticillium wilt; a V after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
WOW -- Wall O' Water® - a frost-protection device
YMMV - your mileage may vary ( meaning, your experience may be different)

Last edited by Iochroma; July 25, 2011 at 05:24 AM. Reason: additions
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