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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello Bunny,

Sorry for your loss.

I have some bulk tomatio seed acquired from Park Seed about 3 years ago.

They are a beefsteak type, and the real problem with them is their shape.  
They
double and triple flowered, resulting in fruits that grew together, creating
shapes that were not optimal for home processing.

Plenty of fruit, I just don't want to hand thin the flowers next June.  I grow
seedlings for myself, my sister inlaw and my mother inlaw, and they don't care
for this variety.

I can send you some if you want them.

Regards,
Tom

mike tomlinson wrote:

> Fluffy
> Our condolences> My wife's small law office has had one fire and one flood 
> in
> the last 10 years in which we lost or had damaged many records so we have an
> appreciation of you woes.
> Mike
>
> Fluffy Bunny wrote:
>
> > Gang:
> >
> > I received some unhappy news today.   Since 1987 I had been developing
> > tomatoes for my local area and for Hydroponic adaption.    I had some
> > decent selections that were showing some promise.   Unfortunately the
> > fire that destroyed my home in 1994 destroyed my records of the initial
> > crosses, and now the gentleman who I left the varieties to told me his
> > greenhouse failed and he lost everything.
> >
> > In short, 14 years of effort just disappeared.   The point of this is if
> > anyone has some unusual tomato material that they think is outstanding
> > for zone 4b or hydroponic adaption and are willing to share please
> > contact me.    I am primarily interested in taste, followed by disease
> > resistance.  Uniform size, color, crack resistance, blossom end rot and
> > even ripening are not important for my purposes.
> >
> > In case this in not clear I grow tomatoes in two distinct fashion. One is
> > under specific horticulture practices I adapted that involve a soil
> > mixture and the other method is by various hydroponic means.  I am
> > interested in improving varieties for both purposes.
> >
> > Wishing all of you a better day then I have just had,
> >
> >
> >  a sad rabbit
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--
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a



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