"andrewpreece" wrote in message
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I grew "Gardeners's Delight" last year, and saved the seeds from the
last tomato. This year I have four healthy sturdy plants producing
decent tomatoes from that seed; it worked for me. Maybe it's a question
of philosophy - your cottage gardener rarely bought seed, they saved it,
or propagated with cuttings etc.
But surely, they didn't have F1 hybrids to save the seed from.
My father used to save seed from one year to another and was successful with
all crops but they were mainly "generic" varieties.
Tony