Historical background information for varieties handed down from bygone days.
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Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Z6 WNY
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So I was selling seeds at Christmas time in Ransomville, a small town farming community north of Niagara Falls, and this old lady comes up and starts telling me about her family heirloom she grows. She's telling me it's great, grows huge sized fruit. And then she says it is for sale on the internet. I ask her the name and she says, "Hoy." I told her I never grew it, but I knew the name. Her uncle was Hoy. She herself was originally from WV. I didn't ask about how she ended up in Ransomville, but probably during the Niagara Falls industrial plants heyday her husband got a job here as many people ended up here that way. So she gave me her name, Betty, and phone number to contact her about getting some of her seeds at planting time. You never know who you'll meet!
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#137 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Detroit
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Yay! That's awesome!
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#138 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Medbury, New Zealand
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Shame I lost the seed for Hoy, a wonderful tomato
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#139 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: north central B.C.
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Richard, do you want me to send you a Valentine's Day card? No disease pressure up here for tomatoes... Do you have the same seed restrictions as Australia?
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#140 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Corinth, texas
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I grew Hoy for a few years and thought it was a great tomato. I have no idea if I still have seed for Hoy.
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#141 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Germany
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I have "Hoy" in cultivation this season...if I get it ripe, I'll make seeds for exchanging.
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#142 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b)
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#143 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Medbury, New Zealand
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Yes same with tomatoes for both counties. ![]()
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