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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

Here's an interesting thread by various amateur tomato breeders working with 
the gene for purple-skinned tomatoes:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=11677
Shows what gardeners can do with a really easily-bred plant like that.


I got some (non-purple) tomato seeds from Wild Boar Farm to try this year, as 
the word on the web is that they taste as good as they look. I haven't tried 
any of these fancy new things myself yet.


Melissa



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 From: John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>
To: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>; nafex mailing list at ibiblio 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] 'A really, really purple tomato that can be as black as 
an eggplant' (OFF TOPIC)
 
Melissa,

Those are really great sites!  Thanks for sharing.  I had no idea this much 
variety and work was being done.  Do yo have any suggestions for what to try?

John



--- On Tue, 1/31/12, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [nafex] 'A really, really purple tomato that can be as black 
> as an eggplant' (OFF TOPIC)
> To: "nafex mailing list at ibiblio" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 12:04 PM
> Amateurs are doing some really fun
> breeding work with tomatoes, here for example:
> http://www.frogsleapfarm.blogspot.com/
> 
> Some interesting tomato seeds are for sale here:
> http://www.wildboarfarms.com/
> 
> 
> Melissa
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Deer do eat Aronia in south central Montana.  I have to net the plants to
get fruit.  They eat flowers as well as foliage.
Jolyn
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Subject: [nafex] Deer don't eat Aronia


> Melissa wrote, "I want to plant some, but we're out of room inside the
> deer
> fence, alas."
>
>    I can't speak for all deer, everywhere, but deer don't eat Aronia here
> in North Central Minnesota.
>
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Fruit Farm
> 4002 Davis Street
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
>
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