earl's faux vs. terhune

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by dice

Kind of a sleeper, Gogosha:
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Gogosha

Huntsman grew it in South Africa, sold seedlings, and this was
one in particular that people were asking him for in spring
the next year.

(I do like Earl's, though, too. Superior flavor in good weather.)

Maybe a sleeper but yes, a very very good one. And by your linking to it it brought back memories of Tanya Gogosha, a former student, who gave me the seeds as noted in the history of the variety.

I got some truly wonderful varieties from some of the students where I last taught, as well as faculty members

As well as from the head of a local HS English Dept, Andy Durbak, whose wife was an immigration lawyer and she and her husband made arrangements for those immigrating to have housing and help. They had immigrated to the US many years ago themselves. Well I remember the variety Sandul Moldovan b/c the Sandul family had no place for a garden where they were living. I grew it out, saved seeds and when the family moved to a place where they could garden I gave them back, via Andy, some fresh seeds of their family heirloom.

[mecktom]

What is a good source for Terhune seeds?

[halleone]

Originally Posted by mecktom

What is a good source for Terhune seeds?

I was wondering the same thing.......glad you asked!

[PaulF]

I see Tatianna has it on her list and Carol Knapp listed it for 2011 but I am not sure it is currently listed. Both are good people to deal with.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by PaulF

I see Tatianna has it on her list and Carol Knapp listed it for 2011 but I am not sure it is currently listed. Both are good people to deal with.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Terhune

The history of Terhune if folks don't know about it.

Yes, Tania has it listed for 2012, I offered it here at Tville in Jan and I sent seeds for it this past Spring to Adam Gleckler at Gleckler Seedmen and Glenn Drowns at Sandhill Preservation for trial.

And Adam and Glenn can turn a variety around in one summer so if they get good seed production they could list it for 2013.

And I may have also sent it to Linda at TGS ( TOmato Growers Suppply), I just don't have that data notebook here near me to confirm that, but I think so.

Some had problems germinating the 2011 Terhune seeds I sent out for my seed offer in Jan and some did not. I haven't inventoried my seeds yet to see if I have enough Terhune seeds to offer for 2013.

[Ruth_10]

I, too, love the pinks. I've grown both EF and Terhune for the past two years. EF remains my favorite.

I grew Marianna's Peace for quite a few years (and loved it) but dropped it a few years after I got EF.

For side-by-side comparison, in addition to EF and Terhune, I also grew (both this year and last) Brandywine Sudduth strain and Cowlick's. Both of those produced well for me and are might tasty. Fruitwise, EF and Cowlick's are very similar (size, DTM, flavor), but I find Cowlick's a tad more susceptible to disease. Both EF and Cowlick's fruits are slightly smaller and earlier than BWS.