To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Silvery Fir Tree - Tomato
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:30:37 -0500
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