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Post by flowerpower on Dec 31, 2007 8:27:01 GMT -5
Tom, we're thrilled that you joined us here at HG.  Did you know that Martha Stewart mentioned you on her show? I only caught part of it (repeat show at like 3 am). So all I heard was "excellent tomato varieties developed by Tom Wagner". That's a "Good Thing"  |
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Post by Alan on Jan 1, 2008 19:29:39 GMT -5
Wow, that's pretty cool that Martha Stewart did a segment on Tom's Work. I know a lot of Toms varieties are very popular with chefs for good reason. I really hope Tom get's a chance to offer gardeners seeds for his new varieties thorugh a fair and courteous seed company one of these days, I know that he has seed caches filled with all sorts of oddities that I and thousands of others would love a chance to grow and admire.
-Alan
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Post by Jim on Jan 1, 2008 20:31:57 GMT -5
You know I love oddities.
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 2, 2008 7:27:59 GMT -5
You know I love oddities. Me too. I like growing unique looking things. We are all going to have fun with our little experiments this yr. I tried searching the MS website to see what varieties she mentioned. But I couldn't find anything. And of course, they are not going to show another repeat of that episode.  |
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Post by Alan on Jan 2, 2008 15:26:34 GMT -5
Maybe some one will put it up on youtube or something. Tom has several older varieties floating around out there and we have grown several here on the farm, they definetly add eye appeal to the market table and the gardens, can't wait untill he gets the new tater mater project up and going, I'll surely be on of his customers.
-Alan
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Post by tatermater on Jan 4, 2008 13:30:18 GMT -5
For the record..... I have recorded the show on Martha Stewart Living featuring Amy Goldman. Had the program recorded with closed captioning so it was fun to see and hear my name It was recorded Friday: Handbag day; handbag fashion show; heirloom fruit and vegetable expert Amy Goldman; fried green tomatoes. This episode of Martha Stewart aired Sept 14, 2007. I don’t know how to “burn” a copy of it, or how to link a way to view it independently. Amy emailed me before the broadcast admitting that she was going to show some of my tomato creations (babies) on the show. If you have ever seen her books on melons, pumpkins and squash, you will get the idea of how great the pictures will be in her upcoming book about Home Grown Tomatoes. Amy mentioned my Brown Derby tomato on the air, and my name was the only one mentioned as a breeder of tomatoes. The Brown Derby is but one of a bunch of selections I released as part of my Brown Derby Mix. The one Amy was showing on TV was the hollow version. Amy cut a Brown Derby open to show the pepper type interior. Here is a view of it from the vast Internet wasteland: sev.lternet.edu/~jnekola/Heirloom/tomato%20pics/brown_derby_mixA.jpgMy 1st cousin, who coincidently is my half 2nd cousin called me from back in Kansas and said her mother was watching Martha Stewart Living and heard my name mentioned as the breeder of the Brown Derby by Amy Goldman. My Aunt Miriam must have been a bit excited as she called a whole bunch of relatives to tell them to watch a later broadcast. Amy Goldman grew quite a few different kinds of tomatoes at her place in New York State and had lavished praise directly to me on many of my creations. I hope to get a copy of her first edition of Home Grown Tomatoes when it comes out hopefully next July. Tom Wagner |
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Post by Jim on Jan 4, 2008 16:54:11 GMT -5
Tom,
What a wonderful tomato variety. I hope there soon is an outlet for your creations. THey certainly are intriguing (sp?)
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Post by Alan on Jan 4, 2008 21:35:45 GMT -5
I haven't grown the brown derby tomato but I have grown the green bell peper tomato here along with (I believe) another of your hollow types that I can't remember the name of and the old Yellow variety which I had great luck growing as well as marketing to resteraunts and chefs, great additions to any market farm and if handled correctly and easy sale and easy money.
I will have to look into the brown derby one.
-Alan
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 5, 2008 7:53:23 GMT -5
If you search the MS site with "fried green tomatoes" , the video w/ Amy G. can be watched online. I have a few seeds for the striped cavern. I haven't grown a hollow type yet, and I do live near a big cave.. so sounds like a plan for this season. |
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Post by sandbar on Jan 5, 2008 16:09:37 GMT -5
Great video (even if you're like me and could care less about MS  ) ! Now, off to find some Brown Derby seeds! |
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Post by Alan on Jan 6, 2008 0:15:11 GMT -5
Some good promotion for you there Tom, definetly a good way to get your name out to the masses of people interested in heirlooms, open pollinated types, and strange colors and traits, things like that could and I believe will play into your favor majorly in the next couple of years, exspecially as you get the new Tater Mater Seeds up and going!
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 7, 2008 6:34:22 GMT -5
I think people are going to really be into bicolor tomatoes. I really like stripes and also a nice red/ yellow or pink/yellow bicolor. But I hear from people my tomatoes are, uh, strange. lol But all my friends wanted a bag. |
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Post by Jim on Jan 7, 2008 15:53:52 GMT -5
I really dig the bicolors and "strange shapes" More interesting.
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Post by Alan on Jan 7, 2008 17:34:14 GMT -5
We always do well with strange colors and shapes at market. Toms tomatoes in the past have made me a ton of money at the markets, particularly the hollow types along with green zebra, bananna legs and green sleves (sausage).
We also do a good job with blacks and purples and whites and greens. They give us something different at the height of Tomato season when people with red round tomatoes aren't moving anything and we are still making a killing off of tomatoes.
-Alan
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Post by Jim on Jan 7, 2008 22:25:39 GMT -5
I was planning on growing banana legs and green sausage both for sauces. They look like winners to me.
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