Carolyn's Fall 2014 Feedback Reports

[carolyn137]

It's that time of year to share with others what the results were with varieties you got from me in seed offers, be they from the 2014 seed offer or previous ones not yet reported.

I'm interested in the following:

1. Was the variety true to what it was descibed that it should be, from folks who provided initial seeds to me.Errors can and do happen with seeds for my offers that are produced by others.

2.Performance. That includes yield but not so much disease tolerance since that varys a lot depending on where someone grows a variety in a specific year, and not so much as to splits since the same variability exists, same as for diseases. I don't condemn a variety based on either of those attributes. But if you feel it's important to report on both foliar and systemic disease problems, then please do so.

You've already reported germination data last Spring so no need to do that again.

3.Taste. We all know that taste is dependent on so many variables, but do your best to describe how you liked it, and if it was a spitter for you , say so, although I'm sure someone else growing the same variety will say they loved the taste, and so it goes.

If there are major problems with any of the varieties as in not being true to the variety, I need to know about that so I don't offer the same seeds next January.

Here are some examples of what I'd like to see.

Loka ( put seed age here, for this one it would be 2014), then how many plants you put out, and then address the questions I posed above.

Wild Sweetie ( 2011), 3 plants, etc., well you get the picture.

If you have pictures, that's great,please post them and if not, that's OK too, just describe in words what you saw.

If you have any questions please post them in this thread rather than PMing or e-mailing me. Thanks so very much

Carolyn, who no doubt has forgotten something she wanted to say in the post, and if so, will add that as the reports come in.