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March 20, 2007 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Tasting these in Aug - I hope!
This is what I have started this year, if all goes well I hope everyone at MAGTAG 07 will get to taste some of them! What are you planting?
-Kim Aunt Ruby’s German Green Black Cherry Bradley Brianna Cosmonaut Volkov Coustralee Dad’s Italian not the real name (Opalka type) Delicious Fireworks German Red Strawberry Green Zebra Juane Flamme’ Kellogg’s Breakfast Kimberly Magnum Magnus Mexico Nyagous Olena Ukrainian Prudens Purple Ramapo San Marzano Stupice Sugar Sweetie cherry Sungold Super Sweet 100 hybrid Tess's Land Race Currant Vinson Watts Wisconsin 55
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March 20, 2007 | #2 |
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I was out of town last year and could not attend this event...but I certainly hope to this year. I just started Siberian, First Pick, Silvery Fir Tree, Azoychka, Ms. Maxwell's Italian and Sheyenne. Hope to have the following seeded this weekend in my garden and spread about a few neighbors:
Purple Dog Creek Nicky Crain Guido Tom's Yellow Wonder Germaid Red Sioux Kellog's Breakfast West Virginia 63 Top Sirloin Diener Yasha Yugoslavian Black from Tula
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March 21, 2007 | #3 |
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Oh good, lots I haven't tasted Mark! Hope the growing season is good this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone again and meeting new people!
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March 22, 2007 | #4 |
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Location: Gaithersburg, MD
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Hey Bluekat and all,
Mine have sprouted under lights and I have bunches "Winter sown" in milk bottles outside. My list so far is: New Ones: Yellow Cookie Orange One Vesha Marilyn's Cherry Kit's Find Prue X Marianna's Peace Green Grape Dr. Lyle (white blossom) Sophie's Choice Anna Russian Kosovo Old Favorites Earl's Faux Kellogg's Breakfast Black Cherry (if I can get my dambed seed to sprout!) Sungold Cherokee Purple Cherokee Green Marianna's Peace Prue And others that I can't remember! I am suprised looking at the list and noticing that there are more new then old. I think thats good because I hope that our band of brethren doesn't start all growing the same thing Greg |
March 23, 2007 | #5 |
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My elderly neighbor recently had surgery and is still unable to do a lot of stuff at home. As such...he told me to start whatever varities I wanted for him to put in his garden. As such, I hope to add the following:
Tony's Plum (local heirloom) Drubza New Big Dward Polish C Grandpa Willie Break O Day Chianti Rose Van Wert Ohio Portugese Monster
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March 23, 2007 | #6 |
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Location: Baltimore, MD
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Sorry I haven't been on the ball about MAGTAG - I joined Weight Watchers a couple of months ago (lost 15 lbs so far!) and have been kind of preoccupied with that lately. But the little tomato plants growing under lights in my basement are calling to me!
The Bel Air (MD) Barbecue Bash is scheduled for August 11, and DH will divorce me if I don't go to it with him this year (which means MAGTAG would be short one grillmeister - and how am I supposed to work BBQ into my diet anyway?). So I am thinking of scheduling MAGTAG for either August 18 or 25. I will start a new thread for voting - I definitely need to get off my a$$ and reserve the pavilion soon! P.S. For those of you attending the Gardenweb Spring Swap on May 5, I will have some (mostly heirloom) tomato seedlings to give away. P.P.S. Greg F, for some reason NONE of your black cherry seeds germinated for me! |
March 26, 2007 | #7 |
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Cecilia,
None of the Black Cherry Seeds sprouted for me either! The whole damb batch is sterile. Sorry to everyone. It was quite a suprise. I have sent out a request for them so I am expecting that I will have some Black Cherry by August. (and maybe some new sterile seed ) My Taxi didn't sprout either. I wonder if bagging blossoms is part of the problem. But hey, you said you liked Cherokee Green. Want some seed? I know those will come up. Greg |
March 26, 2007 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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Funny to have read it here, but my black cherry seeds didn't sprout either ??? Did you guys participate in the GW (Andrea) seed swap ???
Adenn1 - Not bringing TYW to MAGTAG ??? I wish I could go ... I'm getting married on the 1st of Sept. - I'm THINKING things will be hecktic - but if not would love to attend ~ Tom
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March 27, 2007 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
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Adenn1 -
Not bringing TYW to MAGTAG ??? Tom: Not to worry...TYW is on the list...thought I left it off...but it is on my first post. I just got the seeds in this week...should be coming up today or tomorrow. I decided to go with a staggered planting this year. Everything seemed to rippen or die off at the same time last year. Tom...you could alsways may MAGTAG your bachelor's party
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March 27, 2007 | #10 |
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Adenn1 says:
Tom...you could always make MAGTAG your bachelor's party Here, here! It would make for some great pictures to post after the event. |
March 27, 2007 | #11 |
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Here's what I've got growing so far:
Black Cherry (NOT!!!) Sungold Hybrid Lemon Boy Hybrid Olena Ukrainian Milka's Red Bulgarian Cherokee Chocolate Noir de Crimee White Queen Stupice Neves Azorean Red Earl's Faux Marianna's Peace ... and maybe some others I've forgotten. |
April 11, 2007 | #12 |
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I'll be bringing some rare good ones. See y'all on 8-25!
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April 29, 2007 | #13 |
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Location: West By God Virginia
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Hopefully a good number of these varieties will come out of the mountains with me on 8/24 for your taste buds to enjoy on 8/25.
Aker’s West Virginia Barnes Mountain Pink Barnes Mountain Yellow Bear Claw Beauty King Belarusian Heart Berkeley Tie Dye Black Mountain Pink Blue Ridge Mountain Boondocks Brandywine Sudduth Strain Cabin Cherokee Purple PL Church (It was a "blind" no growing tip. I composted it) Cindy’s West Virginia Delicious Fidget Good Buddy (was known as unknown determinate last year) Goose Creek Grandpa Charlie Gregori’s Altai Irish Pink KBX (Kellogg’s Breakfast PL) Mikado Mountaineer Mystery Mountain Princess Mystery Potato Leaf (Was supposed to be Super Beefsteak last year but produced a rough shaped beefsteak on a vigorous PL plant) Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Pork Chop Purple Hillbilly Randy’s Cherry Bomb Red Barn Royal Hillbilly Smoky Mountain Red Steve Stoney Mountain Tappy’s Finest Thunder Creek Trees Bottom Yellow Turkey Chomp Turkey Chomp PL (one seedling came up PL) Virginia Sweets Walker’s Bi-Color West Virginia Straw Yellow 1884 Pinkheart
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April 30, 2007 | #14 |
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Dunkel:
Very nice selection of toms...I wish you a good season and look forward to trying many on the list. Mark
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May 7, 2007 | #15 |
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I am happy to say that I got a big, beautiful Black Cherry plant from Annebert at the GW Spring Swap on Saturday, along with an equally impressive Cherokee Green. Somebody else (unfortunately I didn't catch her name) gave me a couple of Marianna's Peace seedlings. So I hope to have these two varieties for tasting at MAGTAG, along with:
Stupice Sungold Neves Azorean Red Milka's Red Bulgarian Olena Ukrainian Noir de Crimee Yes, they're the same ones everybody else is growing, but they TASTE SO GOOD! I might also plant one or two other varieties. None of my yellows/whites germinated (except Sungold), so I may need to hunt down some plants from the local nursery. |
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