Chuck, Thanks for your response. It was illuminating, and I'll forward your note to Joe Cavanaugh. He asked the questions in the first place about this new introduction of yours. Maybe you'll take the time to to talk with him about it when you see him at the Garden State Historical Seed Society's tasting later this month. Your new tomato came up in converstation while Joe and I we were talking the other night.. As GSHSS's director, Joe asked me to be the keynote speaker at next year's annual tasting. Guess I better let him know you've decided that he and I don't know much about tomatoes. It was certainly nice of Joe to honor your request to be one of the speakers at this year's meeting. Maybe we'll run into each other at next year's meeting and I just might use your postings to "warm up the house" <grin>. Best, Catharine/Atlanta, zone 7b -----Original Message----- From: owner-tomato@GlobalGarden.com [mailto:owner-tomato@GlobalGarden.com]On Behalf Of ChuckWyatt/Md/Z7 Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:07 AM To: INTERNET:Tomato@GlobalGarden.com Subject: RE: [tomato] Befmasters Hi Catharine, I have stated before that I suffer from macular degradation and do not do long e mails. Your questions seem to indicate the need for a primer in tomato culture. I would suggest Carolyn Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden." It seems to be written at a level you can uderstand. Good gardening, Chuck Wyatt www.heirloomtomatoes.net