In a message dated 2/25/99 4:52:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, deloges@juno.com writes: << Has anyone heard of these tomatoes before? I'm assuming that they must be open-pollinated if they produce the same thing as the parent plant did. If anyone has any info on these, please let me know. I've put some aside to save seed from so that I can try them out this year. I'll very soon be starting my seeds in my cold frame. Can't wait! Enjoying the information on this list so far. Tomatoes are by far my best crop here in the Piedmont of upstate South Carolina. We normally have very rainy weather the first part of the summer, followed by hot, HOT drought. TTFN! Rob >> Rob, sounds like Riesntraube, a german heirloom tomato. Did they have a little "nipple" on the elongated end? They are available from <A HREF="http://www.tomatogrowers.com/">Tomato Growers Supply Company Tomato and Pepper Seed Catalog</A>. Your weather sounds an awful lot like mine here south of Augusta, GA :-) Fred