Yugoslavian Opportunity - Page 2

jennifer28 · March 9, 2012

Dice-
thanks for your answer. I still don't know what Travis was getting at but now I don't care. Anyway it is a valid point that sometimes heirloom varieties from other places are heirlooms from here. For example my Ukranian friend raves about a tomato she kept calling "manymeker" and when I saw the tomato she was talking about I figured out it was the old heirloom "moneymaker."

On the other hand, there are some really cool tomatoes you can get from other far away places. I really hope Darrel finds something good he can use for tomato breeding.

ScottinAtlanta · March 9, 2012

Good to meet you, Velikipop. The history of Yugoslavia has been sad since the breakup, hasn't it?

Jennifer, like the new pic!

velikipop · March 9, 2012

Nice to meet you as well Scott. Dice I agree with you entirely and suspect that the same as you outlined would appply to the varieties from the Balkan region.

Alex

Structure · March 11, 2012

I tried getting seeds from family there (in-laws), but always ended up getting various hybrids and/or otherwise available varieties. The two varieties that I did get were not stellar in my environment.

Still, it's great to read about this. I would certainly be interested in trying any new "Yugoslavian" varieties if they were to pan out.

*fingers crossed*

**mdvpc** · March 11, 2012

A friend of mine from Croatia had his family send me two huge packets of seed that is supposedly a friend's family's heirlooms. I questioned him about it carefully, and he said that they were not hybrids, but were family heirlooms that they have been growing for years. The problem is, the seed packages that the seed was sent in were old hybrid packages. I havent grown them out.

velikipop · March 11, 2012

I have some fresh and some old CV varieties from Serbia. If anyone wants a few seeds to try send me your address by PM. Lots of Jasenecki Jabucar, Novosadski Jabucar and Volovsko Srce (Oxheart), similar to Kososvo but not quite.

Alex

dustdevil · March 11, 2012

Hi Alex. PM sent. Thanks. Dust

Bladefan · March 17, 2012

My mom recently brought me back seeds from Pazova, Serbia. My wife is headed to Croatia next month so I tasked her with bringing me back a bunch of varieties from there...I'm growing the ones from Pazova now so I'll see how the turn out...I love tomatoes from Jugoslavia!

velikipop · March 17, 2012

Hi, any idea of what you have?

stonysoilseeds · March 17, 2012

i am hoping to make some contact with someone who has some turkish hierlooms as my grandparents from my moms side were born there and it would be quite nostalgic to grow them and save the seeds..

stonysoilseeds · April 8, 2012

many years ago i ran a greenouse selling bedding plants and of course specializing in tomato plants it was before the trends of op varieties but i lived in an area where there at the time a lare population of hungarian and yougoslavian people and the hungaririan would bring me thheyre praprika pepper seeds to grow which were amazian but i had this one older yougoslavian customer that brougt me tomato seed from her country it was wonderful a long sausage type tomato.. she would tell me stories of how she grew tomatoes there and would go to the bakery every day for the stale bread and bury it buy the tomato plants and the stems would become as thick as tree trunks.... now i only wish i had saved the seed back then lol

March 9, 2012	#18
velikipop Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Langley, BC Posts: 768	Nice to meet you as well Scott. Dice I agree with you entirely and suspect that the same as you outlined would appply to the varieties from the Balkan region. Alex __________________ I'll plant and I'll harvest what the earth brings forth The hammer's on the table, the pitchfork's on the shelf Bob Dylan

March 11, 2012	#20
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	A friend of mine from Croatia had his family send me two huge packets of seed that is supposedly a friend's family's heirlooms. I questioned him about it carefully, and he said that they were not hybrids, but were family heirlooms that they have been growing for years. The problem is, the seed packages that the seed was sent in were old hybrid packages. I havent grown them out. __________________ Michael

March 11, 2012	#21
velikipop Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Langley, BC Posts: 768	I have some fresh and some old CV varieties from Serbia. If anyone wants a few seeds to try send me your address by PM. Lots of Jasenecki Jabucar, Novosadski Jabucar and Volovsko Srce (Oxheart), similar to Kososvo but not quite. Alex __________________ I'll plant and I'll harvest what the earth brings forth The hammer's on the table, the pitchfork's on the shelf Bob Dylan

March 17, 2012	#24
velikipop Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Langley, BC Posts: 768	Hi, any idea of what you have? __________________ I'll plant and I'll harvest what the earth brings forth The hammer's on the table, the pitchfork's on the shelf Bob Dylan

March 9, 2012	#16
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	Dice- thanks for your answer. I still don't know what Travis was getting at but now I don't care. Anyway it is a valid point that sometimes heirloom varieties from other places are heirlooms from here. For example my Ukranian friend raves about a tomato she kept calling "manymeker" and when I saw the tomato she was talking about I figured out it was the old heirloom "moneymaker." On the other hand, there are some really cool tomatoes you can get from other far away places. I really hope Darrel finds something good he can use for tomato breeding.

March 9, 2012	#17
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Good to meet you, Velikipop. The history of Yugoslavia has been sad since the breakup, hasn't it? Jennifer, like the new pic!

March 11, 2012	#19
Structure Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 99	I tried getting seeds from family there (in-laws), but always ended up getting various hybrids and/or otherwise available varieties. The two varieties that I did get were not stellar in my environment. Still, it's great to read about this. I would certainly be interested in trying any new "Yugoslavian" varieties if they were to pan out. fingers crossed

March 11, 2012	#22
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Hi Alex. PM sent. Thanks. Dust

March 17, 2012	#23
Bladefan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Clarkrange, TN Posts: 68	My mom recently brought me back seeds from Pazova, Serbia. My wife is headed to Croatia next month so I tasked her with bringing me back a bunch of varieties from there...I'm growing the ones from Pazova now so I'll see how the turn out...I love tomatoes from Jugoslavia!

March 17, 2012	#25
stonysoilseeds Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: cincinnatus, new york Posts: 341	i am hoping to make some contact with someone who has some turkish hierlooms as my grandparents from my moms side were born there and it would be quite nostalgic to grow them and save the seeds..

April 8, 2012	#26
stonysoilseeds Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: cincinnatus, new york Posts: 341	many years ago i ran a greenouse selling bedding plants and of course specializing in tomato plants it was before the trends of op varieties but i lived in an area where there at the time a lare population of hungarian and yougoslavian people and the hungaririan would bring me thheyre praprika pepper seeds to grow which were amazian but i had this one older yougoslavian customer that brougt me tomato seed from her country it was wonderful a long sausage type tomato.. she would tell me stories of how she grew tomatoes there and would go to the bakery every day for the stale bread and bury it buy the tomato plants and the stems would become as thick as tree trunks.... now i only wish i had saved the seed back then lol