If she wrote a 2nd book, what hundred tomatoes would Carolyn....

MrsTwigg · April 7, 2017

I finally did pull the trigger on ordering Carolyn's book--I had had to re-add it to my cart a couple of times in the last week alone because the used copies I would periodically add to my cart kept being sold from their individual vendors. Figured there was no time like the present.

And I like the idea proposed above by IronPete. I'd add my voice to those asking for a second, updated installment of the book written by an experienced tomato grower. To me, it's not so much an interest in knowing specifically the top varieties any particular person has grown that attracts me to a book featuring a list like this (we all have our preferences) as it is learning the "story" behind each (in terms of a particular grower's experience of it, its garden performance, as well as its history/genealogy as an open-pollenated variety). So, I would heartily urge Carolyn to write that tomato varietal history book, if she is ever inclined to do so.

These things get lost so easily with the passage of time...and anyway, who doesn't love a good story, especially on those cold early spring nights when tomato season seems so far away?

I'm sorry to hear of Tatiana's health setbacks. Her website is an amazing resource, and I can only imagine what I could learn from her in person, or in book form (which is the next best thing).

April 7, 2017	#11
MrsTwigg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Maryland Posts: 47	I finally did pull the trigger on ordering Carolyn's book--I had had to re-add it to my cart a couple of times in the last week alone because the used copies I would periodically add to my cart kept being sold from their individual vendors. Figured there was no time like the present. And I like the idea proposed above by IronPete. I'd add my voice to those asking for a second, updated installment of the book written by an experienced tomato grower. To me, it's not so much an interest in knowing specifically the top varieties any particular person has grown that attracts me to a book featuring a list like this (we all have our preferences) as it is learning the "story" behind each (in terms of a particular grower's experience of it, its garden performance, as well as its history/genealogy as an open-pollenated variety). So, I would heartily urge Carolyn to write that tomato varietal history book, if she is ever inclined to do so. These things get lost so easily with the passage of time...and anyway, who doesn't love a good story, especially on those cold early spring nights when tomato season seems so far away? I'm sorry to hear of Tatiana's health setbacks. Her website is an amazing resource, and I can only imagine what I could learn from her in person, or in book form (which is the next best thing).