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Some are and for sure some are not.
Off hand if I were buying seeds I wouldn't use e-bay as my seed source. Also,the bidding can get ridiculous with folks who don't know better paying far too much for seeds.The same thing happens with those who sell seeds off Amazon. There are many outstanding seed vendors with websites, many of them Tville members and I would suggest that you might take a look at them first. They are listed in this same Forum. There used to be a couple of really good folks who sold only off e-bay but I have no idea if they are still active,and the one I know the best is no longer active and actually sold her seed stash to someone else, and that's Maria Stegner from KY. Hope this helps, Carolyn
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I think Angel Field is OK, isn't it, Carolyn?
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I'm not so sure Marsha.
I've known Joyce for many years and she has very publicaly said she is dyslectic, and I understand that since I've taught several folks who were also dyslectic. I'm pretty sure, but not positive that the seeds would be Ok, but some of her histories are way off base and I've tried to help her with that in the past. The main problem being that she had asked others to do research for her, understandable with her dyslexia, and they were not the right ones to ask. I don't think I've seen her posting here in a very long time and her seed site is not listed in the plant Forum source nor in the compnies that M put up but that one is way out of date now IMO/ For me it would depend on who the other e-bay sellers might be and since I only went there,until lately,when someone asked me to do so to check out something that was listed I have no idea of who the sellers are now Carolyn
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I have to say that I was very lucky to get many seeds from Maria/blueribbontomatoes on eBay. She was collecting and preserving local tomato varieties for years. One of such varieties is Grandfather Ashlock. It is an excellent pink variety. I have being growing it for some time now. The other one I really love is Claude Brown’s Yellow Giant.
Maria does not sell tomato seeds anymore. But she gave her collection to a Lucky Clover Farm owners. They also "acquired 100's of seed packs from the personal collection of Gary Millwood" according to them. If they continue Maria's work it would be nice. I agree with Carolyn, it depends WHO is selling seeds.
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http://www.angelfieldfarms.com/store..._Products.html I wonder which varieties she has the history wrong on?Could it be Indian Stripe and Indian Zebra?Certainly not, I think as everyone should be perfectly clear on those two.No confusion there ![]() Last edited by seaeagle; February 17, 2016 at 07:32 PM. |
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I didn't realize that Blue Ribbon Tomatoes was out of commission until the other day. I sent her a message on ebay and she told me that she had moved and was no longer selling seeds. She had some great varieties with Kentucky roots and will be missed. I was very happy with the two orders that I received from her.
I ordered some seeds from Papadennis on ebay this year. Everything was packaged nicely, he shipped my order right away, and sent a free gift (an extra packet of seeds). He has a big selection of heirloom tomatoes and the seeds are only $1.50 per pack. Up to this point I am very happy with my purchase but I won't really know until I see the final product well into the growing season. You are definitely taking a chance when you buy seeds from ebay but there are some great sellers there too, you just have to find them. |
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Papa Dennis should be great as well. it's nice to learn that some of the folks I do know are now selling off of e-bay. Carolyn
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As to wrong histories,I haven't a clue as to which ones I helped her with,too many years ago and I don't think it was the IS/IZ situation. Her main interest has always been varieties grown in her own area that were in some way connected to what the slaves grew,but since I haven't seen her website lately I don't really know what she now lists. Carolyn
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Thanks Carolyn. Good to know!
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