Minneapolis Farmers Market has folks selling Heirloom Tomatoes. One
vendor (a helper, not the grower) couldn't tell me if that was the name
of the varietal or simply a broader term for something that's not a
hybrid. I'm thinking it's the latter and the young woman simply didn't
know the varietal. Am I right?
--
-Barb, http://www.jamlady.eboard.com 8/3/05 New York-Vermont tab (a
couple pictures added to the 7/29 note on 8/5)

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Minneapolis Farmers Market has folks selling Heirloom Tomatoes. One
vendor (a helper, not the grower) couldn't tell me if that was the name
of the varietal or simply a broader term for something that's not a
hybrid. I'm thinking it's the latter and the young woman simply didn't
know the varietal. Am I right?

Yes. Heirloom are open pollinated ones that have been around for some
period of time. There are probably hundreds of heirloom tomatoes.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

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Minneapolis Farmers Market has folks selling Heirloom
Tomatoes. One vendor (a helper, not the grower)
couldn't tell me if that was the name of the varietal or
simply a broader term for something that's not a hybrid.
I'm thinking it's the latter and the young woman simply
didn't know the varietal. Am I right?

http://www.tomato-seeds.com/heirloom...-tomatoes.html

The Ranger

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Minneapolis Farmers Market has folks selling Heirloom Tomatoes. One
vendor (a helper, not the grower) couldn't tell me if that was the name
of the varietal or simply a broader term for something that's not a
hybrid. I'm thinking it's the latter and the young woman simply didn't
know the varietal. Am I right?


A follow up. Here is a list of one person's offerings of heirloom
tomatoes. I did not bother to count. I am growing Cherokee Purple
and Black Plum.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

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Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Minneapolis Farmers Market has folks selling Heirloom Tomatoes. One
vendor (a helper, not the grower) couldn't tell me if that was the name
of the varietal or simply a broader term for something that's not a
hybrid. I'm thinking it's the latter and the young woman simply didn't
know the varietal. Am I right?

Yes. Heirloom are open pollinated ones that have been around for some
period of time. There are probably hundreds of heirloom tomatoes.

OK, what I thought. Thanks, Susan.
-B
--
-Barb, http://www.jamlady.eboard.com 8/3/05 New York-Vermont tab (a
couple pictures added to the 7/29 note on 8/5)

Actually most of the "heirlooms are relatively new and new ones appear
each year. They are all open polinated and developed by amateurs rather
than big seed companies. Many came with the fall of the iron curtain
from eastern Europe, others families who had been saving thier own
seeds for a number of years, and others from individuals who did thier
own crossbreeding and selection. The members of Seed Savers Exchange
have been responsible for a large number of them.