Anyone in Heather's Tomato + Pepper Exchnage is invited to post a list of what they recieved,
or comments, or anything else, in this thread.
Here is a list of the totally awesome variety of seeds I recently received
from Heather's 3rd Annual Tomato & Pepper Seed Exchange.
Thank you, Heather, and everyone who contributed! It was the eaisest swap for us that I ever heard of, and RICHLY rewarding!
I took some info from labels and some from PlantFiles, and probably mis-typed some.
Does anyone know the meaning of "American Hybrid" vs "French Hybrid"?
Does anyone know whether these four are OP or hybrid (or is it possible to be both?)
- - "La Rosa" or "Bela Rosa" Tomato F V N T from "Totally Tomatoes"
- - "Early Cascade" F,V heart-shaped Indeterminate from Johnny's Seeds
- - "Window Box Roma" Tomato DETerminate plum red
- - ? Det. Early Red Saladette Tomato (Paste?) (cultivar?)
*** OP CHERRY TOMATOES
Tommy Toe Cherry Tomato red Mid-Season 69-80 days OP
Aunt Ruby's YELLOW Cherry Tomato Mid-Season Indeterminate Comm.
PINK Ping Pong Cherry Tomato light pink OP 75 days
Snow WHITE Cherry Tomato heirloom OP creamy white / yellow Mid-S 69-80 days
GREEN Grape Cherry Tomato LIME GREEN 0.3 oz F,V OP Mid-S 69-80 days, bush to 4' tall, Indeterminate
*** COOL CLIMATE TOMATOES ! ! ! ***
"Lancaster (County) Pink" Tomato OP (no DG info) COOL CLIMATE (pkt: 75 day 1 pound, 8' tall, productive)
"Bloody Butcher" Tomato OP EARLY 55-68 (60) days COOL CLIMATE TOLERANT 4-6' tall med red globe potato leaf
"Morden" Yellow Tomato OP LATE Flat/Oblate fruits DETerminate Mid-Late-S 69-80+ days Canadian for colder climates
"Manitoba" Tomato OP EARLY 55-68 days F V 3-4' tall DETerminate med red globe Canadian for colder climates
"Maskabec" Tomato OP, EARLY 55-68 days DETerminate (sets fruit in cool weather)
*** EARLY TOMATOES
"Stupice" Tomato OP EARLY 55-68 (60-65) days 4-6' tall Indeterminate med red globe family heirloom potato leaf 2010
"Matina" Tomato OP EARLY 55-68 days Indeterminate med red globe Comm. Heirloom
"Early Wonder" Tomato OP EARLY 55-68 days semi-determinate med red globe 3-4' tall
"Marmande" Tomato HYBRID early 70 days Indeterminate
- - non-red EARLY- - -
"Jaune Flammee" Tomato OP Early-Mid-S 55-80 days Indeterminate - med ORANGE globe - high carotene content
"Golden Rave" Hybrid Tomato GOLD EARLY 55-68 days 6-8' tall Indeterminate med GOLD plum F T Park Seed 5421
"Early Cascade" EARLY 55-68 dy med RED-ORANGE heart saladette F,V Indet. maybe hybrid-but-comes--true-to-seed?
*** MAYBE EARLY TOMATOES (?)
"Bonny Best" Tomato (Early 55 days -or- midseason 69-80 days) heirloom OP Indeterminate
"Early Kus Ali" Tomato "Chinese tomato?" med Mid-S 69-80 days Indeterminate heirloom OP
"Early Girl" Hybrid Tomato McKenzie Seeds F, V (label says 52 days but PlantFiles says Mid-Season 69-80 days)
"Jubilee" Tomato ORANGE OP F V T 4-6' tall Indeterminate med-large globe (Early or Mid-S) maybe dry 2009
*** OTHER OP TOMATOES
"Chico III" Tomato OP DETerminate Mid-S 69-80 days 'created heirloom'
"Rutgers" Tomato ("Jersey") OP 2-3' tall Indeterminate med red globe "family heirloom" Mid-S 69-80 days
*** MAYBE HYBRID MIDSEASON TOMATOES - maybe true to seed?
"La Rosa" or "Bela Rosa" Tomato F V N T maybe hybrid-but-comes-pretty-true-to-seed?
"Window Box Roma" Tomato HYBRID or OP? DETerminate plum red
? Det. Early Red Saladette Tomato (Paste?) (cultivar?)
*** OTHER HYBRID TOMATOES
"Calypso" Tomato HYBRID F, V Mid-S 69-80 days DETerminate
"Better Boy" Hybrid Tomato F, V, N, T Mid-S 69-80 days Indeterminate
"Jetsetter" Hybrid tomato N V F T 6-8' tall med red-orange globe comm. (Mid-S or 64 days) 2009
"Beefmaster" Hybrid #15 Tomato F V N 4-6' tall Indet. large red Beefsteak Mid-S flavor needs to be FULLY ripened on the vine
*** NON-RED TOMATOES
"Gary Ibsen's Gold" Tomato Mid-S 75 day Indeterminate yellow-orange-gold
"Cherokee Purple" Tomato F OP Mid-S 69-80 days Indeterminate purple-brown-black
*** HOT PEPPERS
Habanero Hot Pepper VERY HOT green ch to red > 30K Scoville > 80 days
Thai Bird Pepper VERY HOT > 30K Scoville
Fish Pepper pre-1870s African-American heirloom green & white foliage. 5-30K Scoville
Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper yellow ch to red 5-30 K Scoville 69-80 days OP
Hot Cherry Bomb Pepper HYBRID green ch red (container) 5-30 K Scoville
Cayenne Large Red Hot Pepper (Burpee) green ch to red 1-30K Scoville 69-80 days
*** SWEET or MILD PEPPERS ******
Anaheim Chili Pepper (? for pickling??) VERY MILD: 1 - 1K Scoville 69-80 days OP
Hybrid Giant "Marconi" Pepper green ch to red mild 1-1K Scoville
"Healthy" Pepper yellow ch to red 90 days
? Orange Bell Pepper 70 days
"Golden Treasure" Orange Bell Pepper sweet or mild
Sweet Pepper Gypsy Hybrid yellow ch to red EARLY 55-68 days
P.S. I might consider trading around some of these for
- even more cherry tomatoes (especially early, orange, yellow or gold),
- even more very early or cool-summer tomatoes or peppers (especially yellow and orange and red peppers)
- medium-hot, less-hot or unusual hot peppers.
Corey
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CLOSED: Thanks for the Peppers & Tomatoes, Heather!
FINALLY!!!! My seeds came today and I am so excited. Heather, you rock!! Can't wait to try all these. This is what I got:
I had only sent tomato seeds and that is all I had on my wish list. I needed some bush and determinate varieties as I am having to downsize to SFG and containers in the Spring. I am so happy with what I got.
Novosadski Jabucar I have not heard of this one.
Calypso I have not heard of this one.
Hybrid Patio I have not heard of this one.
Green Grape I am very excited about this one.
Principe Borghese I have not heard of this one.
Puck I have not heard of this one.
Czech Bush I have not heard of this one
Balcony Charm I have not heard of this one. Sounds like one for a
hanging basket.
Bush Beefsteak Wasn't sure this was possible.
Silvery Fir Tree This one sounds interesting. New to me.
Ultra Girl Wondering if this is related to Early Girl
Early Wonder The sooner the better. LOL
Golden Bison Love the yellows.
Manitoba Have not heard of this one.
Marz Round Green Going to have fun with this one.
Chinese Have not heard of this one.
Micro Tom Sounds like an itty bitty one.
Banana Legs Looking forward to finding out about this one.
New Big Dwarf A pink one.
Sophie's Choice Have not heard of this one.
Jaunne Flammee Been wanting to try this one. So happy to get it.
Udmalbet Eggplant
Thai Eggplant
Nice variety of seed Cajun! I sent in heirloom tomato and pepper seeds and received:
Habanero pepper w/O.P. totally tomatoes
Yellow pear shaped cherry tomatoes
Cherokee Purple Tom.
Pineapple Tom.
Purple Calabash Tom.
Chico III
Golden Treasure Orange( I didn't write down if it is a tom or pepper and do not have seeds handy)
Market Wonder Tom.
Black Cherry Tom.
German Red Strawberry Tom.
Sweet Million Tom.
Brandywine Suddoths
Kelloggs Breakfast Tom.
Mr Stripey Tom.
Hungarian Hotwax Pepper
Sweet Bell Pepper
Thai Bird Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Chinese Cabbage
It is going to be a long winter waiting for spring to come!
Manitoba, Morden Yellow and Sophies choice are all Canadian tomato cultivars.
They were bred for colder climates. There is an agricultural research station at Morden, Manitoba.
The Sopies Choice one was developed near Edmonton, Alberta.
Jaunne Flambe has a high carotene content.
Thanks for posting I love seeing the different varieties.
Micro Tom is so tiny you can plant it in a 4-6" pot and grow it as a houseplant. (now!)
CLScott,
Thanks for the info about "for cooler climate". That moves Manitoba & Morden Yellow much higher on my list, and means I should look for Sophies Choice.
Does anyone know varieties that are more vulnerable to slugs, or more resistant?
Corey
No such thing
Oh, well, at least that reduces the variables!
Corey
Any of you growing peppers ~ I found a website that gives the fine details of growing peppers.
http://www.ecoseeds.com/Pepper.growing.tips.html
I hope that this is helpful.
Evelyn
CajunKY, will you let me know how Banana Legs does for you?
I sure will Tiki. I will be posting a lot about my gardening as I will be new to SFG.
I can grow me a tomato inside NOW?!!!
Slugs don't like copper metal.
I toss a few copper pennies near them, or a bit of copper wire etc.
I've never heard of the copper thing before but I have heard of using coffee grounds. I make a ring around my containers and there goes my slug issues.
I put out saucers of beer for slugs.
I'm going to have to try that. We have always had Fireants that took care of the snails and slugs. For some reason the Fireants have gone away, but now I have snails and slugs for the first time in all the 18 years I've been out here. I haven't even seen one since I moved here from CA.
Fire ants are something I do not miss!
My seeds from heather were mailed today. It will probably take 10 business
days to get them. So that means Christmas eve or after Christmas. It would
be cool to get them Christmas eve. Nice selection of tomatoes Cajun. I will
be willing to trade with you when I get my seeds. I do have Mini Orange cherry
tomato, it's mild. Are you really a Cajun? You know I was born in Louisianna,
but raised in California, and now live in Virginia. I have Cajun blood from my
dad.. .. Will post my list when I get my seeds. Will be some tomatoes but mostly
peppers.
Linda
Opps. It's corey that wants to trade, maybe. Corey, I'll post my list
when I get my seeds. I do have the mini orange cherry tomato.
Linda
Yes, Linda. Born and raised on the bayou. And I do miss the food. LOL
Where in Louisiana are you from? I was actually born on the north shore of Lake Ponchatrain but moved down the bayou to Dulac and I call it home. I miss it more and more.
I have a bunch of tomato seeds I want to trade. I am looking for some odd bush beans and a few other things. I will have to downsize to SFG in the Spring so I need to conserve room. But I am looking for a few special melons also. I need to start my thread.
Linda,
Sure, hoepfully we'll wnat different things. The more I research, the more I realize that Heather knows more about tomatoes than was ever written on a seed packet!
Some are earlier than DG Plant files suggests, and far more were bred for cool climate than I knew. Canadian, Russian, "Sub Arctic".
One neighbor that told me she had no toruble getting tomatoes to ripen in our climate last weekend added "of course, i buy plants when they're THIS tall" and indicated something like 2 feet. That sets the bar even higher than I thought!
I've been reading a very polite thread over in heirloom vegetables, where people discuss their favorite tomatoes. Everyone thinks their baby is the cutest baby, but they all seem able to get along. One heretic claimed that hybrids were so good, there was no NEED for heirlooms. They didn't even lynch him!
I think a LOT depends on climate and soil ... and palate. Reviews in Plant Files are wildly contradictory, which I suppose makes sense.
Heirloom Vegetables: Your absolute favorite heirloom tomato
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/370312/
Corey
Zinniared,
I thought I was losing my mind there for a minute. I don't have you registered in this swap :) I suppose you registered in another forum under another member name? Please tell me I'm not losing my mind...it's been a long cold winter and I'm afraid my brain cells have frozen along with my toes.
BTW...my hot peppers are doing beautifully on my window sill in the kitchen. Who would have guessed Peter Peppers would enjoy it a little on the cooler side :) I always like to think of hot peppers and spicy food in the middle of winter. Reminds me of warmer days to come.
Corey...I can relate to your growing dilemmas. People in Toronto still don't believe me that I grow Tomatoes and Hot Peppers in Calgary. I had to send them pictures to prove it.
Heather, do you go to the Stampede?
Once in a while, but not as often as I used to. Usually only when visitors...business or personal come to town. I do like to enjoy the stampede parties that go on around the city during that 10 days. I find there's plenty of stampede activity around the city, without actually going to the stampede grounds.
It is great for tourists, but I grew up here and lived here most of my life...so I try to vary what I do during stampede every year.
If you haven't been, you should go sometime. It is a lot of fun, lots of festivities....tonnes of free musics (outdoor bands), and on and on. Tourists love the free stampede breakfasts that go on around the city each day as well. Never a dull moment.
It has always been a dream of mine but I doubt it will ever happen. I watch it on TV. I never thought of all the stuff that would be going on in town. Free breakfast sounds great! LOL
Heather, I am roper2008. When I signed on to Dave's garden I
thought you had to have different user name for different forums.
On most of the other forums I'm roper2008.
Cajuninkentucky. I was born in New Orleans, but we left when I
was 2 years old. So I don't remember it. This was back in the
late 60's.
Ah...thanks for clarifying. So glad I'm not losing my mind :)
Here is my list from Heather's swap:
Sweet peppers:
Jimmy Nardello's Italian Frying
Corno de toros
Dragon Claw
Large Red cherry
Preacher a pink cherry
Principe Borgenese
Silver Fir Tree
Imur Prior Beta
Dr. Wyche
Purple Calabash
Sopie's Choice 6 oz Determinate OP
Jagodka early red saladette
Sibirsky Skorospely
Rosalie's Early Orange (Sweet Horizon)
Striped Cavern OP
White Currant Indeterminate
Yellow Pear
Matina
Brandywine
Caro Rich high in beta carotene
Jaunne Flamme high in beta carotene
Vita Gold high in beta carotene
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Hi Carolyn,
I know the handwriting on a few of the packs was very hard to read. One of your sweet peppers was actually "corno de toros" or also known just as "corno di toro" most of the time. The other one should read "Jimmy Nardello's".
Thought you'd like to know the correct spelling in case you do seed saving on these later.
Thanks...Heather
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Oops!
A pleasant little package from Canada appeared in my mailbox today. And Christmas is not till next week!
I put the precious little packets in alphabetical order on the table and here they are:
Ace 55
Black Cherry
Black From Tula
Black Plum
Blondkopfchen
Brandywine OTV
Butler Skinner
Casady's Folly (Really wanted this one)
Cherokee Purple
Chico III (why III?)
Eva's Purple Ball
Golden Jubilee
Hazelwood Farm Heirloom
Heidi
Isis Candy
Italian American Paste
Jetsetter
Joyce's Brandywine
Matina
Manitoba
Moneymaker
Matt's Wild Cherry
Paul Robeson
Red Large Cherry
Rutgers (found its way back to NJ)
Sara's Galapagos (another request, thanks!)
Silvery Fir Tree (These will go in the FRONT yard)
Sweetie
Ultra Girl
Heather, you are so organized--even your printing is neat!
Denise
Joyce's brandywine. Never heard of that one.
Is Isis Candy white?
Thank you, Santa Heather!
I received these a few days ago, but have not had a chance to post them until now.
Tomatoes:
Ace 55
Berkeley Tie Dye
Better Boy
Big Zac
Black Sea Man
Bull's Heart
Chocolate Cherry
Green Zebra
Early Wonder
Heinz 1439
Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
Isis Cany
Jaunne Flammee
Jeff's Mystery Pink Oxheart
Linnie's Oxheart
Marianna's Peace
Mortgage Lifter
Orange Strawberry
Pineapple
Oxheart
Rutgers
Santa Cherry
Sylvan Guame
Tomatofest
Yellow Brandywine
Yellow Pear
Peppers:
Ancho
Aussie Black
Cayenne
Jalapeno
Jersey Devil
Misc:
Long Purple Eggplant
Purple Tomatillo
(Edited for spelling, again!..)
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Has anyone heard of "Sanza Cherry" before? I can't find it online.
Corey
Hi Corey,
They are Santa Cherry. The handwriting on the package wasn't all that clear, but I verified them against the typewritten list they enclosed.
Thanks....Heather
Thanks, Heather. Those were sent to me. Thanks for the Holiday present (s)!!
Thanks, Corey, for inquiring...."Enquiring minds want to know..."
~ Evelyn
In Heather's Swap, I received:
Amish Paste
Aunt Ruby's German Green*
Azoychka*
Better Boy*
Black Cherry*
Black Trifele*
Bonny Best
Brandywine*
Brandywine, Cowlicks
Floridade*
Galena's Yellow Cherry*
Hillbilly*
Jaune Flamme'
Jersey Devil
Kellogg's Breakfast*
Marglobe*
Marmande*
Marvel Stripe*
Mortgage Lifter*
Principe Borghese
Purple Calabash*
Purple Russian*
Rutgers*
Striped Cavern*
White Currant*
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(mine) Big Rainbow '10com*
(mine) Black Pearl '08com*
(mine) Brandy Boy
(mine) Green Zebra '10com*
(mine) Henderson's Pink Ponderosa '10com*
(mine) Striped Roman '10com*
(mine) Sugar Sweetie '10com*
(mine) Yellow Pear '10com*
Im still looking for:
Boxcar Willy
Dr Carolyn
First Light
Omar's Lebanese
Orange Russian
Polish Linguisa
Sunsugar
Im willing to trade seed for seed for my wants for the above varieties marked with an (*). If it doesn't have a (*) then I'm keeping all of those seeds. I've also listed other tomato seeds I have that weren't in the swap, if you'd like to trade for those.
Thanks! See you at next year's swap!
~Kerry
I don't think there's really a tomato named Tomatofest, that would be the supplier. Is there another name on the envelope?
Sequee ~ That was the only name on the envelope. I agree with you, but maybe someone will tell me what tomato they got at the Tomatofest. (Possibly, they did not know...)