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["Bruce Hansen" <brucehansen@acd.net>]

Yikes: Shades of Dan Quail and potatoe

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Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic - But tomatoes are fruit


Interesting title.

Here is something that is mid way between "fruit" and
tomatoes.

Ground Cherries...has anyone grown this cousin to the
tomatoe?
It is supposed to have citrus to pineapple flavor, but
look and cultivated
like tomatoes (or tomatillos)
Im thinking of trying some this spring.

Any suggestions on a variety?


--- Ginda Kaplan Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
> Well, it's that time of year, and I'm debating which
> tomato seeds to
> buy.  I know this isn't what this list is for, but I
> know most of you
> grow tomatoes, and I beg your forgiveness.  Please
> reply off-list.
>
> I really like a meaty tomato, but I'm the only
> tomato-eater in the
> family, and the giant beefsteak tomatoes are just
> too big.  I grew
> Jetstar for a couple of years, and I liked the
> tomatoes, but despite
> what the catalogs say, it isn't really indeterminate
> - all the fruit
> ripens at about the same time.  I seem to get better
> yields with
> hybrids that claim resistance to everything than
> with heirlooms.  Some
> combination of soil viruses and less than a full day
> of sun (6-8 hours)
> is probably the culprit.  I have inoculated these
> with various
> beneficial fungi, although I suspect my soil already
> has ample fungal
> colonies.  Most of my seed has come from Fedco, but
> I'm willing to buy
> a packet fo tomato seeds from almost anyone.  Here's
> my experience to
> date:
>
> Big Beef - years ago, in a giant pot in very full
> sun.  These were
> great if I remembered to water them every single
> day.  The damn things
> needed more than a gallon of water on every sunny
> day or they wilted.
> I liked the tomatoes, but they are bigger than what
> I hope to grow this
> year.
>
> Jetstar - tasty and a good size, but the season is
> short and there's
> too much at its peak.  (Too much is not a serious
> problem, as I can
> give them away.)
>
> Brandywine - One large delicious fruit and one tiny
> one.
>
> Early Girl - lots of dry flavorless (but pretty)
> fruit.
>
> Rutgers - Perfect fruit, but only two of them.
>
> Cosmonaut Volkov - Not a single ripe fruit.
>
> I usually grow one cherry tomato plant, too, and
> I've had good luck
> with both Sweet 100s and Peacevine Cherry.  I have a
> lot of Peavevine
> Cherry seeds left from last year, so I'll probably
> grow that again.
> I'm not looking for cooking tomatoes, as I find some
> of the canned ones
> are very good, and my sunny space is very limited.
>
> Thanks,
> Ginda Fisher
> eastern MA, zone 6
>
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