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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Red Sun Tomatoes
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:23:39 -0500

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:48:39 -0600 (CST), you wrote:

>Back in 1994 I grew a variety called Redstar. I think I got it from Asgrow
>Seeds. That was before the company was sold to one of the multi nationals.
>Perhaps the seed was reincarnated as Redsun. I know this has happened with
>other tomatoes over the years. With that in mind don't be surprised if
>Redsun turns up again under a new name. There are so many new hybrid
>tomatoes out there its hard to keep up, you got to go to local seed trials.
>I hate it when I find a great variety and stick with it over the years only
>to find the variety dropped, That's why we always have to sample something
>new every season... Bob

That's a major advantage of growing open-pollinated varieties, of course -
you can save your own seeds. It's not difficult to save a *whole lot* of
tomato seeds - thousands, if you wish.

Pat
-- Northern Pennsylvania

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the one we have.




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