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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2008 16:24:23 GMT -5
Boy they sure have some nice looking tomatoes...lots of weirdo stuff too...They don't seem to be offering seed yet though.
Jim
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Post by Alan on Jan 14, 2008 18:28:08 GMT -5
Yeah, I came accros them last year, I believe that Tom Wagner has done some talking with the owner int he past as many of their "sport" varieties that they sell seed of have poped up in fields planted to many of Toms original varieties. They definetly have some nice looking oddities and the owner from the little bit that I have talked to him on the net seems like a really nice guy.
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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2008 19:59:18 GMT -5
I love the picture on their site with the projection on the beefstakes.....looks like a ....well you know ..
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Post by jtcm05 on Jan 15, 2008 8:29:03 GMT -5
Brad's a nice guy from what I know of him. I've grown a couple of his varieties. He normally goes by feraltomatoes on other sites. Hopefully Berkeley Tie Dye will germinate for me this season.  |
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Post by spkfero on Jan 19, 2008 16:41:01 GMT -5
Seeds for the tomato pictured in my avatar were sent to Tom Wagner and Brad Gates for breeding purposes.
This came from a pack of Tidwell German seeds.
Gene.
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Post by Alan on Jan 19, 2008 23:34:43 GMT -5
Thats a very interesting tomato indeed, how was the taste?
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Post by spkfero on Jan 20, 2008 11:14:05 GMT -5
alan
the taste was good but not great, maybe sonething good
will come out of the breeding by tom wagoner and brad gates
we shell see
gene
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Post by Jim on Feb 23, 2008 7:09:01 GMT -5
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Post by Jim on Feb 23, 2008 16:23:41 GMT -5
I placed an order today...
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Post by Alan on Feb 24, 2008 23:28:17 GMT -5
I might have to put an order in for the purple pear tomato, it looks interesting and would be nice to add to my mix of cherry tomato types for market.
Some nice looking tomatoes on there, all stuff that should be easily marketable for a market farmer I would think.
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2008 6:54:50 GMT -5
Yeh his stuff is right up my alley. I'm a big fan of multicolors and "odd" shapes. The black heart looks like a winner for canning too huh?
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Post by landarc on Feb 25, 2008 13:33:24 GMT -5
Alan,
Brad did a lot of market selling and his tomatoes would sell out at our local market in a flash. He seems to have cut back, as I never see him at the local market now, but, those tomatoes are great sellers.
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Post by Alan on Feb 26, 2008 21:50:00 GMT -5
Tomatoes like that should definetly be able to sell themselves, particularly at larger markets where they can clearly be set apart from the more common varieties. I'm definetly looking forward to growing out some of Brads varieties and think he has definetly got a very good thing going for him.
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Post by suze on Feb 26, 2008 23:38:03 GMT -5
Tomatoes like that should definetly be able to sell themselves, particularly at larger markets where they can clearly be set apart from the more common varieties. I'm definetly looking forward to growing out some of Brads varieties and think he has definetly got a very good thing going for him. Alan, a good market variety might include Black and Brown Boar. Very productive, pretty, and tasty. The fruits I got were about 1 1/2 to 2x the size of a golfball, and have dark flesh with an external appearance of dark with some almost metallic looking forest green stripes. Little cracking, and a nice uniform appearance, at least in my experience. As John already mentioned, Brad's Black Heart is another one of Brad's. Great flavor, avg productivity (ime), and lovely fruits. Suze |
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Post by PapaVic on Feb 27, 2008 6:28:51 GMT -5
Suze, thanks for the description of Black and Brown Boar. They look larger in the photo at LocalHarvest.
Good to have a size known from grower experience. Question: what about plant growth habit, height, etc. Bill
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