Frogmore Selected

Fusion_power · December 12, 2011

This thread is as much for fun as for education. I'm reading a copy of Vines and How to Grow Them by William C. McCollom. In chapter 19, he recommends some good tomatoes for forcing (grow in a greenhouse). The varieties recommended:

"The best varieties of tomato for forcing are Sutton's Winter Beauty, Comet, Best of All, and Frogmore Selected."

Now I've heard of the first three at least once or twice, but I don't recall ever seeing mention of Frogmore Selected. Anyone else?

I have no idea where or who "Frogmore" is, but now that I think about it, there is a small community east of Beaufort SC and there is an incredible wiki article about the Frogmore estate.

DarJones

OtterJon · December 12, 2011

Why...It's right there by that Cantaloupe!

http://www.ancestryimages.com/prodde...d=f0867&cat=13

Actually I did find a reference to Frogmore Selected and used Google translate to decipher

http://translate.google.com/translat...ciens_1908.htm

December 12, 2011	#1
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	Frogmore Selected This thread is as much for fun as for education. I'm reading a copy of Vines and How to Grow Them by William C. McCollom. In chapter 19, he recommends some good tomatoes for forcing (grow in a greenhouse). The varieties recommended: "The best varieties of tomato for forcing are Sutton's Winter Beauty, Comet, Best of All, and Frogmore Selected." Now I've heard of the first three at least once or twice, but I don't recall ever seeing mention of Frogmore Selected. Anyone else? I have no idea where or who "Frogmore" is, but now that I think about it, there is a small community east of Beaufort SC and there is an incredible wiki article about the Frogmore estate. DarJones

December 12, 2011	#2
OtterJon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 218	Why...It's right there by that Cantaloupe! http://www.ancestryimages.com/prodde...d=f0867&cat=13 Actually I did find a reference to Frogmore Selected and used Google translate to decipher http://translate.google.com/translat...ciens_1908.htm