Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 4, 2016 | #91 |
Tomatovillian™
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I had a look at that site and found it a little odd.
At first glance it looks like any other commercial site selling an all round selection of vegetables, but when you look close they had very little choices of veggies, apart from onions, cabbage, tomatoes, eggplant and peppers. I just found it odd that there would be a huge selection of onions and cabbages, in fact more varieties than even some of the big seed sellers carry, but not one lettuce , carrot , bean etc in sight. Strange.. Jeannine |
April 4, 2016 | #92 |
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Slugworth, I grew something that sounds like what you describe, named Joe Pesch. Got the seeds from Peace Seeds or Seedlings. I planned to grow it this year but the seeds didn't germinate and I decide not to try again since I had enough varieties. I gave an extra plant to a friend last year and he grew it along with some he purchased and found one called Anna's Russian that was identical. But since he purchase the plant that might not be the name of the variety, plants can be miss labeled at the big boxes.
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April 4, 2016 | #93 |
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it was more like burpee super italian paste but fatter and longer.
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April 4, 2016 | #94 |
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From Peace Seed's website: Joe Pesch Tomato 15/4.00
A pink tomato with a long acuminate tip, quite unusual and unique in the tomato fruits we have seen during the past decades, of excellent flavor and a gift from Peter Zukis of Talent Oregon. Mr. Zukis, an accomplished gardener, got the seeds from an east coast buddy whose girlfriend's grandfather was a market and produce gardener in New Haven Connecticut during the 1920s. Joe Pesch brought it from Italy some time previous. Maybe worth a try for you. I thought it was like an elongated heart shape with a nipple but the later tomatoes had something like a small tail. All the Italians I know loved it.... Yeah, and real squishy and fast to spoil if left to ripen on the vine. I picked this one when it just turned red ( or pink re: peace seed description) I grow another Italian called Canestrino with the same squishiness but both are great. I just did a google search for Anna's Russian and the pics do not look like the Joe Pesch I grew which was not rounded like Anna's but elongated with a wider stem end and narrower blossom end and most were very large. I was going by what my friend said since I did not see his plant called Anna's Russian but the pics on the internet show a different shape then Joe... Last edited by rhoder551; April 4, 2016 at 03:16 PM. |
April 4, 2016 | #95 | |
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April 4, 2016 | #96 |
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we used to call it a boris tomato but that could have been the name of the guy that grew it locally.
I am 6' and I had to look up to it, so it had to be 7+ feet tall. no pointy tip and I don't know if it was RL pr PL. |
April 4, 2016 | #97 |
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I appreciate everyone's response to my quest for Dona seed. I have contacted Charline and hopefully she can help me. I purchased the OP variety a number of years ago and was sorely disappointed. I am usually a lurker here and not much of a participant but am always amazed at how helpful everyone is to each other. Thank you.
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April 4, 2016 | #98 | |
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April 11, 2016 | #99 | |
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I was cleaning her cellar and found small jelly jars she used to save seeds in,but no seeds.Wait,she used the bottom of the jar to press the seeds into the potting mix and some had stuck to the bottom of the jar with some soil.. I was able to carefully remove 9 tomato seeds with peroxide and have them on a coffee filter in a zip lock bag.Should be interesting to see if any sprout after 25+years.She only saved seeds from big tomatoes so maybe with luck one will be the tomato I am looking for. |
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April 12, 2016 | #100 |
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Sounds like an interesting experiment. Hope it turns out to be your tomato....
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June 12, 2016 | #101 |
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I've seen that ad too but I think the company name was different although in that one
they actually claimed that their item is F1. Notice that all the information provided is very general. I did email them to say how desperate I was to find a source of genuine Dona F1 seed and could they verify that they actually had some, etc., etc., etc. They never responded. So, Bogus. |
June 4, 2019 | #102 | |
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I won't know for sure until aug-sept. if the search is over. He said the seeds are black instead of the usual color.Interesting. The gilbertie tomato from Ct. was puny and nothing like this one. |
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June 4, 2019 | #103 |
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Most wanted for me is Ambrosia Gold. Cant get it in the UK
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