My first catalog

cecilsgarden1958 · November 19, 2006

I have been waiting and waiting and I finally got one. Pinetree Seeds came yesterday. They have the usual fare, but have a new hybrid they "claim" has a good main season taste, even thought it's Early. The catalog is upstairs and I don't remember the name, but it's on page 25. They call it "compact determinate". Any guess to the size of plant???

CECIL

greggf · November 19, 2006

I think it's called "Polfast." I checked online, and all the info on it appears to be in Polish, so I assume Pinetree got it from a Polish seed company.

Can't tell anything about the plant beyond what Dick Meiners says about it in his catalog copy. Sure would be nice if it were as good as advertised.

=gregg=

bluelytes · November 20, 2006

GREGG,
Ya gotta link, or url to what Dick says about it?

greggf · November 20, 2006

No link, but here's what p. 25 of the new Pinetree catalog sez:

"POLFAST" 54 days

"For decades we have been looking for an extremely early tomato that sets fruit in cool weather and also tastes good. Polfast may be the one. Most of the alternatives either are flavorless or have a decent flavor coupled with skin that is so thick that you have to spit it out. The compact determinate plants produce round smooth fruit that have an excellent dark red color inside and out. Small but hardly tiny, Polfast tomatoes run between 3 1/2 and 6 ounces. Flavor is similar to good midseason tomatoes, sweet and just a bit acidic. 54
days."

I vote we declare "POLFAST" the all-time dumbest name for a tomato, though........ 8)

=gregg=

MikeInCypress · November 20, 2006

Polfast sounds like its a denture adhesive

Michael

cecilsgarden1958 · November 20, 2006

Yep! That is one bad name. I tried to google it, but more info.

CECIL

Tomstrees · November 21, 2006

I haven't gotten any yet ...
But I've got my eyes peeled ...

~ Tom

travis · November 21, 2006

The 2007 Seed Savers Exchange catalog came to my home address yesterday! I'll have to check my PO Box for others today.

PV

greggf · November 21, 2006

Stokes catalog came today.

That's three - Twilley, Pinetree, Stokes.

=gregg=

Rena · November 21, 2006

8) 8) Life is good! I love this time of year!-Rena

LoreD · November 21, 2006

I'm really unhappy

I haven't gotten any catalogs yet. I 'm going through the symptoms of catalog withdrawal. I keep trying to look through the old ones but it just isn't the same.

LoreD

daylilydude · November 21, 2006

DANG IT !!

All i got was my Pinetree catolog but i am a very patient man!(or i think i am anyways :wink: )

giardiniere · November 21, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoreD

I'm really unhappy

I haven't gotten any catalogs yet.

I haven't seen a new catalog yet either.

Maybe tonight..... I hope.

Tomatovator · November 21, 2006

Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog arrived yesterday. Lots of stuff but not a lot of tomatoes. It says "2006" catalog. Is it the catalog from last year.

bizzarbazzar · November 21, 2006

I got Stokes and SSE catalog today

November 19, 2006	#1
cecilsgarden1958 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: swPA Posts: 629	My first catalog I have been waiting and waiting and I finally got one. Pinetree Seeds came yesterday. They have the usual fare, but have a new hybrid they "claim" has a good main season taste, even thought it's Early. The catalog is upstairs and I don't remember the name, but it's on page 25. They call it "compact determinate". Any guess to the size of plant??? CECIL __________________ Hybrids Rule, Heirlooms Drool!

November 20, 2006	#6
cecilsgarden1958 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: swPA Posts: 629	Yep! That is one bad name. I tried to google it, but more info. CECIL __________________ Hybrids Rule, Heirlooms Drool!

November 21, 2006	#7
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	I haven't gotten any yet ... But I've got my eyes peeled ... ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

November 21, 2006	#11
LoreD Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 306	I'm really unhappy I haven't gotten any catalogs yet. I 'm going through the symptoms of catalog withdrawal. I keep trying to look through the old ones but it just isn't the same. LoreD __________________ Its not what you get to keep in life, its what you get to give away.

November 21, 2006	#12
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	DANG IT !! All i got was my Pinetree catolog but i am a very patient man!(or i think i am anyways :wink: ) __________________ Richard

November 19, 2006	#2
greggf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boonville, NY Posts: 419	I think it's called "Polfast." I checked online, and all the info on it appears to be in Polish, so I assume Pinetree got it from a Polish seed company. Can't tell anything about the plant beyond what Dick Meiners says about it in his catalog copy. Sure would be nice if it were as good as advertised. =gregg=

November 20, 2006	#3
bluelytes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 250	GREGG, Ya gotta link, or url to what Dick says about it?

November 20, 2006	#5
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Polfast sounds like its a denture adhesive Michael

November 21, 2006	#8
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	The 2007 Seed Savers Exchange catalog came to my home address yesterday! I'll have to check my PO Box for others today. PV

November 21, 2006	#9
greggf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boonville, NY Posts: 419	Stokes catalog came today. That's three - Twilley, Pinetree, Stokes. =gregg=

November 21, 2006	#10
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	8) 8) Life is good! I love this time of year!-Rena

November 21, 2006	#14
Tomatovator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Zone 6 Posts: 461	Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog arrived yesterday. Lots of stuff but not a lot of tomatoes. It says "2006" catalog. Is it the catalog from last year.

November 21, 2006	#15
bizzarbazzar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 811	I got Stokes and SSE catalog today