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Gang:

The fluffy one is sad, older now, and sadly potentially facing changing taste 
buds I no longer can grow a yellow pear tomato that matches my memories from 
decades ago. 

I usually grow a potpourri of tomatoes, and I fondly remember the yellow pear 
of my youth ,a pleasant mild tasting, low acid tomato that was wonderful when 
mixed with sharper tomatoes like a Super Beefsteak or Better Boy.  Now a 
committed full flavor tomato heirloom snob (yeah I still grow Hybrids like 
Super Beefsteak, Sweet100 and Better Boy too, just in case) I really miss the 
remembered taste of the Yellow Pear from days gone your in salads and salsas 
for a contrast.

I have tried several commercial sources and none are producing the tomatoes 
of my memory.  What I am getting are ungoshly bland, mushy textured tomatoes 
that frankly are not worth the space they occupy other than for eye appeal. 

What I suspect is there are many strains of yellow pear and I simply have not 
lucked out enough to get the right one.  I do know if I encounter it again I 
will save the darn seeds.

Anyways, I thought I would put in a request to the good folks at NAFEX that 
if anyone has a good strain of yellow pear they save seed from if you could 
spare a few, say 5-10 seeds, so I can get something going next year that is 
worth a dran

Obviously we can swap something, all I want is a few starter seeds of a know 
good parent. 

I thank you for any consideration your give this matter,

the fluffy one  



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