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  • From: bob111higgins AT comcast.net
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Glacier tomato
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:42:42 +0000

Pat,

That's impressive! Hopefully next year I'll  get the Glaciers etc. into the ground early enough.

Bob

-------------- Original message --------------

> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:49:39 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >Hi All:
> >I am trialing about 15 varieties of tomatoes this year, my first year of really
> trying to sell anything. Planted them quite late due to delays in getting my
> fence together. Anyway, I just had my first Glacier tomato last week, from
> Fedco, rated at 56 days -- took me 62. Small, egg-sized, but a very good flavor
> for an early bird. Has anyone else tried them? Am waiting now on Moskovich.
>
> Yes, I'm growing them this year. I like the tomatoes, and
> we've had quite a few of them.
>
> Time it took:
>
> Started seeds - 3/3
> First germination - 3/10
> Transplanted to 6" pots - 3/21
> Transplanted to garden (protected by WalloWaters) - 4/19
> Removed WalloWaters and caged the plants - sometime in May
> (I forgot to record the date)
> First ripe tomato - 6/8
>
> I'm saving seeds from the plant that had the first ripe
> tomatoes, as it was at least a week earlier than the other
> Glaciers. It was well ahead of the others at every stage of
> development. I named it SuperTomato. First tomato
> plant that I've ever named.
>
> Our last killing frost this year was June 4. So I had the
> first ripe tomato four days after the last killing frost.
> :) That's impressive.
>
> SuperTomato (and its unnamed pal) are still producing lots
> of tomatoes for us.
>
> Pat
>
>
>
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