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To: greeneyes

We accidentally ended up with a splendid cross: “Sweetie” cherry tomato and “Yellow Pear” turned into a mix of the best properties of both. The size of the pear (about 1 1/4 inches) and the sweetness of the cherry with the tart of the pear. It’s my absolute favorite for in a salad, split in half.

For eating, I have some seed from my grandmother that is splendid, though I have no idea what it is. I just keep a couple aside every winter, and plant them in the spring. They are about 9” tall now, I am going to start hardening them off in a week or so, as our “official” last frost is the 24th of April.

I am waiting that long because several years ago I had my ‘maters out, and the day AFTER the official “last frost”, we gpot a hard frost. Lost 20-ish plants, several varieties. I learned my lesson!


51 posted on 04/21/2018 8:29:13 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W

I have an unknown tomato too. It was just approximately 1 1/2” diameter, and very tasty. I saved the seeds and labeled it great size and taste.


54 posted on 04/21/2018 10:08:42 AM PDT by greeneyes
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