On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:57:14 -0400, Pam wrote in
rec.gardens.edible:

Eeeek! No...I love hearing about heirloom tomatoes and peppers,
please post about them here.

Some entries on Seeds of Diversity tear out your heart. There are far too
many entries that look like this:
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Tomato : Ace, royal

Seed Availability:

STATUS
Apparently Extinct

Not currently propagated by Seeds of Diversity's seed-savers.
Not known to have been sold commercially in North America for over 20 years.
Not maintained by the Canadian gene bank.
Not maintained by the U.S. gene bank.
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There are too many such entries in the data base!