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Post by crazytomato on Dec 22, 2008 14:50:20 GMT -5
Hi everybody i am looking for a tomato called african queen,who has some seeds to sp[are or know were i can get them.
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Post by grunt on Dec 23, 2008 1:35:30 GMT -5
They are listed in this years SSE catalogue under red tomatoes.
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Post by crazytomato on Dec 23, 2008 6:13:41 GMT -5
Thanks grunt for the information.
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Post by paquebot on Dec 23, 2008 16:05:25 GMT -5
They are listed in this years SSE catalogue under red tomatoes. They are not in my copy of the 2009 SSE public catalog. There is an MR listing for them in the Tomato/Pink-Purple section of the 2008 SSE Yearbook. (MR means Must Relist and available only to other listed members.) Martin |
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Post by crazytomato on Dec 23, 2008 16:29:43 GMT -5
If i am correct i can forget it,to get some seeds i mean.
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Post by paquebot on Dec 23, 2008 21:21:01 GMT -5
If i am correct i can forget it,to get some seeds i mean. For $35, you could join SSE now and grow something else in 2009. Then send another $35 to SSE along with your listing for the 2010 edition. Provided that African Queen would still be listed in 2010, you could then get seeds for only another $2. If they are worth that long wait and expense, that's how it can be done. I could buy a packet and split it but since the person who lists it has potential designs upon taking over SSE, she'd hang me if she ever found out! Martin |
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Post by michaeljohnson on Dec 24, 2008 0:35:18 GMT -5
Was Humphrey Bogart the original grower  |
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Post by michaeljohnson on Dec 24, 2008 0:43:46 GMT -5
I used to belong to the SSE a couple of years ago, but come to the conclusion that it is far too expensive to maintain every year as an annual cost effective payout, especially as seeds to people of other countries are list price at five dollars a packet, which is just too much.
I was even more put off this year when I read that Tomatoville gestapo had taken over the running of the forum there-which for me spoils the whole issue entirely.
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Post by crazytomato on Dec 24, 2008 3:57:33 GMT -5
tomatoville gestapo??did not know they have a security army,special tomatoville forces.
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Post by bunkie on Dec 24, 2008 9:20:49 GMT -5
crazytomato, you might check here with craig... nctomatoman.topcities.com/from all i'm reading about the african queen tomato, sounds like a good - sized and tasty one! |
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Post by crazytomato on Dec 24, 2008 10:17:41 GMT -5
Hi bunkie cant find african queen on nctomatoman his side.
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Post by paquebot on Dec 25, 2008 18:57:03 GMT -5
With the way something is going on at the SSE forum right now, I really should flaunt the rules and buy a packet, divide it, and sell the other half. A written, any seeds purchased through the Yearbook must be grown only by the purchaser. Punishment is to be permanently banished from SSE. But now a representative of SSE has opened the door for the rules to be ignored. Talk to me again about the middle of February or whenever you hear that the 2009 Yearbook is out. I just may be looking for one more large pink tomato about that time!
Martin
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Post by PatrickW on Dec 26, 2008 18:09:03 GMT -5
michaeljohnson, I know what you mean about $5 being too much, but for those of us living in other countries $5 is seeming like less and less every day... I personally don't mind paying it, and in fact I often get refunds from people I place orders with anyway, because you aren't the only one who feels it's too much. At least this $5 goes to a real person, and some members of the SSE really appreciate getting it.
In fact when you send overseas, the risk of loss is higher. While I wouldn't personally think the person sending the seeds would be liable for this, in fact they often volunteer to send replacements free of charge. Also, international postage is often higher than you might think.
What really gets me about being an overseas SSE member is the $50 a year annual fee. For many people, this is just unaffordable. In fact the SSE doesn't make any profit on this, because this is roughly the cost of sending the Yearbook and other materials airmail. Thank god they send it airmail, because if they decided to send it surface, we wouldn't get it until the planting season was well over.
The real question is, why in this modern age can't they figure out a way for me to download the materials, email them to me -- or just send me a stupid CDROM? Then they could charge me $10 a year for membership, and make more of a profit then they are now!
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Post by paquebot on Dec 27, 2008 0:01:24 GMT -5
As stated in the Yearbook,ALL SSE members may obtain tomato seeds for $2 each, 6 for $10, from WI LO M. ALL means without regard for status or location. 126 varieties to select from in the 2008 edition, 180+/- for 2009.
Martin
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Post by michaeljohnson on Dec 28, 2008 0:43:34 GMT -5
Yes- there are a few members that charge a lot less for their seeds-(thank God)but as you stated $50 membership costs is a lot on an annual basis, but it is just as bad now for the English based seed savers organisation, they charge £25 to belong that or £22 just to have access to the heritage seed library.
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