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> But that brings me to another problem...after reading up last night, I
> am now worried that some of my saved seed may not be "true" as I don't
> think I have allowed enough space between varieties of tomatoes and
> peppers to prevent crossing.

It is unlikely that you have a problem.  Peppers and tomatoes have realtively 
large flowers with lots of nectar and several flowers per plant at the same 
time.  Bees don't like going from plant to plant unless they have to and so 
don't tend to got to two different tomato plants separated by more than a few 
feet.  Smaller pollenating insects get loaded down on one flower and and 
disinclined to go to another one.

I've grown a score of different kinds of peppers only feet from one another 
for years and replanted the seeds.  I've not had anything I could identify as 
not being true to type.