Re: [tomato] Tomato Digest V1 #384
Doreen Howard (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:54:21 -0500
Rose,
Your spoon tomato is NOT Silvery Fir Tree. SFT does have ferny or
carrot-top foliage (it also goes by the name Carrot Top tomato), but its
fruit are in the 3-8 ounce range. SFT is an open-pollinated heirloom from
Russia introduced to the retail American market by Kent Whealy of Seed
Savers Exchange. I'd love to know what your spoon tomato is--especially
with such interesting foliage. Why don't you save some seeds and see if the
tomato reproduces itself?
Doreen Howard
Zone 4b--Wisconsin where the tomatoes are just beginning to flower
-----Original Message-----
From: Rose Miller <rmiller@iw.edwpub.com>
To: Tomato@GlobalGarden.com <Tomato@GlobalGarden.com>
Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [tomato] Tomato Digest V1 #384
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>>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:52:58 -0500
>>From: Rose Miller <rmiller@iw.edwpub.com>
>>Subject: [tomato] Spoon tomato????
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>>Anyone ever hear of a SPOON tomato? I bought a plant at the local
>>nursery...the foliage is feathery like a fern and it already is
>>producing TINY sweet tomatoes about 1/8 tsp. size...hence the name I
>>guess for 8 of them fit in a teaspoon...I haven't seen it in any of
>>my tomato books...much bigger than a GRAPE tomato...I have it in a
>>big pot on a trellis...not caged...and it is a real conversation
>>piece!
>>Rose
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>>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:41:44 EDT
>>From: Bcrobles@aol.com
>>Subject: Re: [tomato] Spoon tomato????
>>
>>Silvery Fir.....maybe
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>>Gene
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>GENE....can you point me to a source for "Silvery Fir" so I can check it
out??
>I'm assuming it is a hybrid????
>Thanks
>Rose
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