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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

The tomatoes have a tangy acid-sweet mix.  As the first of the season, they
are absolutely wonderful!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Silvery Fir Tree - Tomato


> Hi,
>
> Since tomatoes are pollinated via rain/wind, I guess the absence of
insects at those temps is acceptable.
>
> What do these tomatoes taste like?
>
> Later,
> Tom
>
> Doreen Howard wrote:
>
> > Silvery Fir Tree, a Siberian heirloom, sets fruit at  40F.  Each plant
grows
> > about 30 inches high, sets fruits in clusters and ripens them in 56 days
> > from setting out transplants.  One plant will yield about 15 pounds of
> > fruit.  The plants are sturdy and don't need to be staked or caged.
They
> > seem to be resistant or tolerant of most diseases.  Even when planted in
> > ground where other tomatoes developed Early Blight, Silvery Fir Tree
ripened
> > its crop before disease struck.  The plant has finely dissected foliage
that
> > resembles carrot tops, another name for the variety.  Let a couple
tomatoes
> > drop and rot into the ground when harvesting.  You'll have new seedlings
the
> > following spring.  That's almost perennial.
> >
> > Silvery Fir Tree seeds can be found at: www.seedsavers.org  or in the
Tomato
> > Growers Supply catalog.
> > Doreen Howard
>
>
>
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