Thankful to those who made this list of seeds for 2012

[Dewayne mater]

Today I put out 13 varieties of seedlings into a couple of seed planter boxes. Just a few short years ago, I might have planted a nursery bought early girl and a texas hybrid like Merced. I'm thankful to Tville and its kind, genuinely nice and generous folks whom ignited a passion in me to try more varieties, taught me how to have success in my corner of North Texas and provided several of the varieties selected. Special thanks to Suze, Ray, Vince and several others who provided many of the seeds on this list. With only 19 spots for plants, a couple will be planted out twice, but many only once. Can't wait for germination to get the show going. Thanks and here is the list.

Terhune
Earl’s Faux
Brandywine from Croatia
J.D.s Special C Tex
Cowlick Brandywine
Indian Stripe
Goose Creek
Black and Brown Boar
Eva Purple Ball
Purple Haze
Black Cherry
Sungold
Big Beef

Dewayne Mater

[rnewste]

Dewayne,

You've got a great list for 2012!!

Keep us posted on your progress.

Raybo

[greyghost]

A lot of terrific varieties on your list!! Hope they do well for you in '12 and that
you enjoy them very much! Darlene

[Alpinejs]

Dewayne....that MUST be a great list as all but one are on my Canada
plant out list.

[Dewayne mater]

Alpine - we must compare results at some point! Many of these on the list were chosen because of previous successful grow outs in our extreme Texas heat. If they also produce in Ontario Canada, they are super tomatoes for sure.

Dewayne.

[darwinslair]

<grin> that list made me smile.

Tom

[greyghost]

It should, Tom. A generous fellow on T'Ville gave me a few seeds of Terhune.
Carol Knapp also sent me some (it's listed on her seed site) so I gave plants to many people and got many compliments on the sweet taste so I'm passing
those compliments on to you! Thanks for making it available-it's a terrific
variety.

One person that we gave plants to was a very elderly woman. We normally take her tomatoes; she thought last spring she'd like to grow a couple of plants (she had gardened before when her husband was alive) and had great
success with them. We planted and double-staked the plants for her and she
had a good many to share at church. I couldn't help but think of the history
of Terhune and the woman who grew those tomatoes every time we stopped
over for a visit.

Darlene

[DuckCreekFarms]

You have a super list of varietes.....the only one I would have added is Neves ( NAR)

[Alpinejs]

Dewayne...I have had good Canada results with Sungold, Black Cherry and Cowlick. The
only other one that I have already grown up there is Earl's Faux and it set quite a few but
was too late for my Oct. 1 exit date, so I have a new strategy for all my varieties to
compensate for the short season. Will report back next fall. Oh, I had many others not on your list with some positive and some negative. Taste wise, Big Yellow was a big
disappointment. Green Cherokee, Kosovo and Marianna's Peace were thrilling surprises.

[Dewayne mater]

DCF - NAR is one I hope to grow in the future. Don't have seeds for it yet, but, then again, I don't have any more room for another variety this year.

Darwin - I need to learn the history of Terhune. I really am looking forward to that one this year. If you introduced it, then thank you very much!

Alpine - I will report back as well, though my first season will likely end in late June.