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28. Interesting! You & your co-founder all these years. And volunteers. Quite a Project!

Up here in NYC we do have serious gardeners whether by containers, or small to medium back and side yards in the more single, double home areas in the outer Burroughs.

I'd been going to the Green Markets since '81? (way less in past 15 yrs) but it was late '80s, early '90's the general public through daily papers one or two Summers got clued in on Heirloom Tomatoes. And the farmers would bring more etc That's how I found out.

So you got to name the Mysterious Purple tomato - the Cherokee Purple? Wow! Small world.
One of my favorites, along w the Black Russian for that distinctive (I think) mix of tang and ... ? smokiness.
I like sweet ones, too, like Brandywine.

My one tomato story (I was trying to see if I could find a list that might have had the name) -
I was getting (among a variety of HLs) a small ?1/3 lb round, smooth yellow tomato called _______. Among a lot of them I found (and there was nothing else identified as something distinct, and separate from these) a couple with "peach fuzz". I'd done some self educating on organic gardening a few years earlier - so I was I like, "oh?".

Anyway gave them to the farmer who knew me per se as a pretty long time customer. Would give then to his wife so she could prep the seeds for planting, and see what came up. But it didn't happen for whatever reasons.

While I have seen tomato cages has anyone ever thought of using a curving trellis for these 8ft vines for some very prolific varieties? I had no idea they grew that long. Maybe even grow something else compatible with tomatoes?


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