R. Kraft seeds

[tomatoaddict]

Is it possible to purchase seeds from R. Kraft?
I was looking at his site and saw quite a few tomatoes I would love to try, namely Marizol Gold Cherry, Choc. heart, Pink lemon, Little Lucky heart. Or if there is a U.S. source for any of them that would be fine too.
Thanks8)

[lumierefrere]

You buy them from Manfred Hahm Hartmann. Look on Reinhard's site and you'll see the long list. I got my Little Lucky Heart from Manfred and it's really good (altho pretty late in my garden). PM me and I can send you some of those.

[bcday]

Reinhard doesn't sell seeds, but his friend Manfred Hahm-Hartmann distributes the varieties that Reinhard pictures. On Reinhard's home page there is a link called

800 Tomatensorten & mehr
Manfred Hahm-Hartmann
Weintrauben

The link takes you to Manfred's page at http://mitglied.lycos.de/rkraft/tomatenhahm.html

You'll recognize the variety names even though the descriptions are in German. Manfred reads and writes English, so you can write or email him at the address he gives at the top of his page.

For more info there is a thread, "Experience with Manfred Hahm", in the Seed & Plant Sources section at http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=3043

[carolyn137]

namely Marizol Gold Cherry, Choc. heart, Pink lemon, Little Lucky heart. Or if there is a U.S. source for any of them that would be fine too.
Thanks:cool:

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As for US sources:

Marizol Gold Cherry evolved here in the US and is listed in the SSE Yearbooks

Little Lucky Heart was discovered by Craig ( nctomatoman) and is also listed in the SSE Yearbook.

Pink Lemon isn't in the 2007 SSE Yearbook but has been listed before.

Many of Reinhard's varieties are originally from the SSE Yearbook, for a long time he was an SSE member, as well as ones sent to him, etc. I know that I alone have sent him over 300 varieties thru the years. As have others with whom he's traded in the past.

I didn't check specific seed sources to see who might be carrying the varieties mentioned above, I mean commercially available, as opposed to being available only to SSE members.

But anyone seeking certain varieties that they don't see sold commercially might well consider becoming an SSE member to have access to such seeds and also to help with the mission of SSE which is preservation of varieties.

Membership info at seedsavers.org

[tomatoaddict]

Thanks everyone, I guess I should have checked the SSE yearbook before I asked about it. I am an SSE member just didn't check first. 8)

[nctomatoman]

Reinhard has lots of unusual stuff on his page - after I found it, he and I struck up a trading friendship - we've sent each other dozens of things from each of our collections (he peruses my seed collection on my web site and asks for stuff he doesn't have yet...).

Once I get it and grow it out, I make sure someone who is an active SSE member gets it so it shows up there as well. Reinhard told me that some stuff he has pics of is not stable (I asked for a few things that he said were unstable).