SSE on-line yearbook

Wi-sunflower · December 27, 2009

For those of us dreaming of tomatoes but have already gone thru the catalogs we've gotten, there is the big SSE yearbook. I know the paper book doesn't get in hand til late Jan, early Feb, but the on-line version is up now.

I've been slow the last few days with a cold and didn't want to be out in the barn, so went to a couple of sites I haven't been at in ages, including the SSE public forum. There I found a question about the on-line yearbook. That reminded me to check it out again.

When I joined this fall I only had about 10 days to enter some listings. I only got a few up as iIwas too busy and the site seemed slow and a bit buggy. It also didn't actually have hardly any listings to look at at that time.

But now there are over 300 pages just in the tomato section alone. Basically it gives 15 variety names / page with an abreviated description. There is also a "more info" button where there will be a fuller description and all those that have it listed for this year.

You do have to be a SSE member and have to get a "sign-in" code the first time you try to access the yearbook. And it logs you out if you leave the browser open but minimized for a while. But you just have to log-in again. Considering the number of listings and the fact that it's meant to be "private", the site works OK.

I will be browsing it off and on now for a while, looking up varieties I've gotten or heard about here.

Carol

December 27, 2009	#1
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	SSE on-line yearbook For those of us dreaming of tomatoes but have already gone thru the catalogs we've gotten, there is the big SSE yearbook. I know the paper book doesn't get in hand til late Jan, early Feb, but the on-line version is up now. I've been slow the last few days with a cold and didn't want to be out in the barn, so went to a couple of sites I haven't been at in ages, including the SSE public forum. There I found a question about the on-line yearbook. That reminded me to check it out again. When I joined this fall I only had about 10 days to enter some listings. I only got a few up as iIwas too busy and the site seemed slow and a bit buggy. It also didn't actually have hardly any listings to look at at that time. But now there are over 300 pages just in the tomato section alone. Basically it gives 15 variety names / page with an abreviated description. There is also a "more info" button where there will be a fuller description and all those that have it listed for this year. You do have to be a SSE member and have to get a "sign-in" code the first time you try to access the yearbook. And it logs you out if you leave the browser open but minimized for a while. But you just have to log-in again. Considering the number of listings and the fact that it's meant to be "private", the site works OK. I will be browsing it off and on now for a while, looking up varieties I've gotten or heard about here. Carol