Grandma Mary's Paste #6099 (30 seeds) $2.05
This familiar heirloom variety has large, pointed red paste tomatoes that are meaty and flavorful, just right for cooking into sauce or chopping up for fresh use. Expect abundant harvests, as these plants are prolific. Indeterminate. 70 days.

I suspect they are a variety that our US Dr.Carolyn received to trial, and that she named them "Mary Italian". She always seems happy to provide more info in the US Tomato Forum on any of the varieties she sends out, probably because there are other folks who are growing it (or will be) who would like to know as well.

PP

Cheers and thanks again PP for all your work packaging and posting and, and, everything.

Ya there Finbar? Cooo-ee! Calling Finbar!

PP

Mark

Don't you just loooove all those weird names of the varieties!?? Isn't it just amazing?!

Also got Dr Lyle oldies, but an answer to a question to Dr Carolyn suggests that they would not give a plant any different to the Dr Lyle from TGS, that I already have in.
So if anyone would like these seeds to try, email me.

Earls Faux is going on the heat mat in the morn as well, cant wait to see what this fella gives up.

Grosse Violette, LOL. I just had a vision of an adults version of Bill and Ben flower pot men.

Oh my, best go and get another beer
Mantis

My hope is that we get these to grow successfully, save seeds, and then share them around with anyone here who wants some for next year, and so on!

Mantis, I thought you'd like to try the Victorian Dwarf since it's originally from your state.

Good luck folks!

PP

Thanks again, PP. :))))

Heaps of thing are UP now. :)

Wow!
Now comes the hard part...deciding what can be shoehorned in this season and what has to wait until the next.

I may be tempted to sneak a few more goodies in. I better go and make more garden beds.

For those who got Kimberly, be sure to grow out only potato leaf seedlings. Though not large, it comes on very quickly to provide lots of nice flavored red fruit - larger than a cherry, kind of ping pong ball sized. For me, it is the first really good flavored non cherry tomato.

Stick is certainly a conversation piece. If allowed to get fully ripe, the flavor is pretty good...it is a must for the topiary garden (though to me it has more of a poodle effect!). It was actually sold in the 1950's by the first seed company that featured the wierd and wild - Gleckler. It is apparently a mutation from the older variety Stokesdale.

Rasp Large Red (NOT Raspberry - it is named for Tom Rasp of NY, who donated it to the SSE) is a really good medium to medium large, nearly red tomato with excellent flavor and yield.

Katinka Cherry is one that Reinhard Kraft sent me. It is a very productive golden cherry tomato - it should be compared to Sungold hybrid in flavor, yet it is not hybrid, which gives it an advantage. I will look forward to comments on it - Mike Dunton of Victory is probably going to carry it next year.

Green Giant was my best flavored variety, and yes, did win the CHOPTAG tasting. Another from Reinhard Kraft, please only grow out the potato leaf seedlings (if you get reg leaf, they are likely a cross). The plants are healthy and yield well, fruit are up to one pound, pale green, do not get an amber yellowish color like Cherokee Green, so should be watched carefully for when they are ripe (they get soft, of course, and also get a pale pink tint at the blossom end). There are few seeds, and it reminds me of a green fleshed Lillian's Yellow in flavor and meatiness.

JD Special C Tex was sent to me by Fusion in Alabama - he got it from Scott in Texas - apparently it is a selection of a cross between Brandywine and Cherokee Purple. for me, I got large, oblate dusky pinkish purple fruits, similar to Cherokee Purple, very meaty and great flavor.

White Oxheart - also from Reinhard Kraft, very attractive and productive, ivory colored medium to large true heart shape, very good flavor for a white.

Lyuda's Mom's Red Ukrainian was from an American GW poster, really nice large red fruit, nearly round, excellent productivity and flavor.

I sent to Patrina all of the more recent great discoveries from varieties recently sent to me. I hope that they all do well for all of you!

Craig in North Carolina

Will post a list of what I'm growing later once I know what has germinated.... I took short cuts and am nervously hovering over the flats to see what will come up. My desk lamp that I used for a heat source needs fixing, so I by-passed the pre-germination technique that has worked so well for me in the past.

Patrina

Craig

Mark

I've sown 3 and got 2 RL and 1 PL.

:(

I looked at Craig's homepage and he says Purple Calabash is RL. So your PL in a RI as in ring-in or throwback or whatever.

See nctomatoman.topcities.com/2005_Season/2005TomatoStrategy.htm
PC is plant 75 on the list.

And do have a look around his amazing site when you have the time. Great source of info, I reckon.

Eggplants and peppers next. Yes?

Work? *shudders*

Chillies, Capsicums and Eggplants are sown and already repotted.

Pumpkins, Melons, Zucchinis, Squash and Cucumbers are sown and already germinated. :)

Hmmm... direct sowing of other stuff has to wait. I'm getting hungry just thinking of all the goodies that should be in the garden this season.

Wow, so many experiments to run!

Craig

*slowly getting worried about space in the garden now*

PP

"I searched several back SSE Yearbooks and it looks like Mary Italian is one I never listed. In my move up here in 1999 all my previous data books somehow didn't appear, as in were accidentally thrown out in the last minute rush before moving, but whatever, I don't have them to check either.

My recollection, vague tho it may be going back to the early 90's is indet, RL, red beefsteaks, not a paste as one might assume. The funny thing is that even now I can close my eyes and tell you where it was growing in a field that had upwards of 800 plants. LOL

So whoever grows it will have to tell me what it is. LOL"

So do follow up with a report. :)Grub, sans Purple Calabash and not growing Sudduth this year, but definitely in agreement with Mantis. One heck of a compled taste and well balanced like a fine wine. Got about a dozen fruits from one vine tops.

Cheers Mantis