Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Indiana
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I'm growing several Tom Wagner created varieties that I purchased seeds for 8 to 10 years ago and was wondering if others are growing any of them. Some of the varieties are "Fort Vancouver Yellow Pear", "Pennsylvania Catchfly", "Santa Anna" and "Sunspot". The last two I have never grown and no longer have a description for hoped others might tell me what to expect.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Indiana
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![]() ![]() Here's a photo of my Fort Vancouver Yellow pear progress so far.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: West Coast, Canada
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I have Tom Wagner's seed from 2011 ........ have yet to grow ...... description on seed envelope ....
Santa Ana: Green/red/orange bicolor, green shoulder, pinkish-green bud end, great flavor, firmness. Holds well on vine.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Denmark
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Looks really great the Fort Vancouver Yellow Pear, have never heard about it before.Is it stable you think?Remember to save seeds.
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Tomatovillian™
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Tomatovillian™
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I've only grown it, now, three times over the last eight or ten years but it looks like the same result as the past. I expect it to be salad size but pear-shaped. I will save and can share some seeds with you if interested for 2021.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Denmark
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Thank you Indyartist, I sure am, have something with the pearshaped ones.Let's talk again later this year, then I will have a lot of different tomatoseeds as well.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Indiana
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I have my first ripe tomatoes from "Sunspot", this is a variety I purchased from Tom and then was unable to grow them until this year. The amount of seed I had was very small, I think it was six seeds. I was only able to get one to germinate, likely do the seeds being some eight years old and stored in a variety of temperature conditions. It has become a very vigorous plant loaded with fairly large cherry tomatoes. The taste is fantastic and after I save some seeds I am looking forward to snacking on them the rest of the summer.
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Tomatovillian™
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Here are three of the Tom Wagner varieties plus two others to show the size relative to each other.
From left to right: Sunspot, Pennsylvania Catchfly, Black Cherry, Fort Vancouver Yellow Pear and lastly an actual cherry. ![]() ![]()
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fort vancouver yellow pear , pennsylvania catchfly , santa anna , sunspot , tom wagner. |
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