Vintage Canadian OP tomatoes

KarenO · August 14, 2017

I am increasingly interested in exploring older and less well known tomatoes bred in Canada. The heyday if you will was back in the 50's and 60's and I am wondering who else might be interested?
This year I grew out 2 plants of Starfire improved, a vintage variety from the 60's developed at the Morden agricultural research station in Manitoba. Bred for the Canadian prairies, I was Pleasantly surprised by it's taste, health and productivity. and although determinate, it remains healthy in a cruddy small pot in my PNW garden still. Next year It gets a spot in the real garden because it was actually pretty great.
I will save seed and I would be interested in trades of other Canadian-bred tomatoes, particularly more obscure ones.
I also have a couple of others but very limited seed.
Time to start a collection

KarenO

August 14, 2017	#1
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Vintage Canadian OP tomatoes I am increasingly interested in exploring older and less well known tomatoes bred in Canada. The heyday if you will was back in the 50's and 60's and I am wondering who else might be interested? This year I grew out 2 plants of Starfire improved, a vintage variety from the 60's developed at the Morden agricultural research station in Manitoba. Bred for the Canadian prairies, I was Pleasantly surprised by it's taste, health and productivity. and although determinate, it remains healthy in a cruddy small pot in my PNW garden still. Next year It gets a spot in the real garden because it was actually pretty great. I will save seed and I would be interested in trades of other Canadian-bred tomatoes, particularly more obscure ones. I also have a couple of others but very limited seed. Time to start a collection KarenO