I'm back and eating ripe tomatoes.

Glenn 50 · December 21, 2006

Health issues...2 cataract removals plus other things have kept me from indulging in this fine website for a while.
Anyway now that I'm back I can show off about my tomatoes...
Early Girls are ripening but oh so slowly. Then again if we get ripe outside toms before Xmas we are lucky over here.
Averaging 1 every 5 days.

My 'Hobbit' tomato which I have been selecting from a cross between Tiny Tim and Zapotec looks like it may have stabilized this season. Rugose foliage, bush plant with ribbed 2" fruit...looking good.

Tiny Tim x Yellow Stuffer. F2. Virtually every plant looks different. It is exciting. Dozens with different foliage and 1 that looks dwarf. Going to be interesting.

Will keep in touch.
Glenn

bully · December 21, 2006

Thanks for the update.

Good to hear from you

**Mischka** · December 21, 2006

Welcome back Glenn!

I'm thrilled to hear that you are on the mend. I had cataract surgery back in 1999 and have implants in both eyes. (cause: undiagnosed diabetes)

Please keep us posted on your "Hobbit" and Tiny Tim x Yellow Stuffer F2's.

**mdvpc** · December 21, 2006

Hooray, Glenn is back!

We missed you Glenn. We are happy you are doing well.

**carolyn137** · December 21, 2006

Also glad to see you back Glenn.

Let's not turn this into the cataract kid thread but I also have a stage 3 out of 4 cataract in my right eye, the one that already has ptosis following removal of some warts years ago, so I kinda read and drive and type and all else, one eyed.

But the car is in the garage for the winter so if anyone from my home town is reading here, and THAT would be an impossibility, you don't have to drive into the ditch to avoid me.

What was that about the one-eyed Monster that I seem to remember existed?

Delighted to hear that some of your crosses are giving you such interesting results.

clay199 · December 21, 2006

I am glad you are back Glenn!!

oldgaredneck · December 21, 2006

Gidday, Mate!
New to the forum here - glad to hear your health is better
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas!

Ruth_10 · December 21, 2006

So here's another cataract surgery in both eyes and for reasons we won't go into can't see out of one eye person.

Glenn, welcome back! Your "Hobbit" tomato fruit description sounds similar to the description and photo for Ceylon in the TGS catalog. "...about 2 inches across....flattened, scalloped tomatoes...." It's not dwarf, though. Sounds like a cutie.

**Patrina_Pepperina** · December 23, 2006

Very glad to see you again Glenn and good to hear about your projects - we'll look forward to some pics down the track!

Patrina

landarc · December 23, 2006

Glenn,
Good to see you back around. It has been a tough run for you and yours. Still, sounds like the growing is proceeding along nicely.

**Lee** · December 23, 2006

Great to hear from you Glenn! Here's wishing you a prolific growing season!

Lee

Grub · December 24, 2006

Merry Christmas Glenn.

Best, Grubs.

EDIT: So what else are you growing tomato-wise?

Also, it's remiss of me but thanks to your fellow Kiwi bros for sending garlic to Australia this year. I found a source and it beats the Chinese stuff hands down. Purple and lush. Ta.

VGary · December 24, 2006

Glenn, Good to hear you are doing well from your cataract surgery! Welcome back to Tomatoville! Best wishes for a wonderfully healthy Holiday and a New Year with better health, happiness and peace. Keep up the good efforts with your tomatoes! It is always interesting to hear what you are doing in the garden.
Gary/Louisville

cdntomato · December 24, 2006

Glenn, you must have known that I've been asking around after you! I'm so glad you posted to let us know how things are going.

Big hugs to you and Jan for the holidays!!!!
Get and stay well will you please!

Jennifer

December 21, 2006	#1
Glenn 50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 224	I'm back and eating ripe tomatoes. Health issues...2 cataract removals plus other things have kept me from indulging in this fine website for a while. Anyway now that I'm back I can show off about my tomatoes... Early Girls are ripening but oh so slowly. Then again if we get ripe outside toms before Xmas we are lucky over here. Averaging 1 every 5 days. My 'Hobbit' tomato which I have been selecting from a cross between Tiny Tim and Zapotec looks like it may have stabilized this season. Rugose foliage, bush plant with ribbed 2" fruit...looking good. Tiny Tim x Yellow Stuffer. F2. Virtually every plant looks different. It is exciting. Dozens with different foliage and 1 that looks dwarf. Going to be interesting. Will keep in touch. Glenn

December 21, 2006	#3
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	Welcome back Glenn! I'm thrilled to hear that you are on the mend. I had cataract surgery back in 1999 and have implants in both eyes. (cause: undiagnosed diabetes) Please keep us posted on your "Hobbit" and Tiny Tim x Yellow Stuffer F2's. __________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

December 21, 2006	#4
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Hooray, Glenn is back! We missed you Glenn. We are happy you are doing well. __________________ Michael

December 21, 2006	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Also glad to see you back Glenn. Let's not turn this into the cataract kid thread but I also have a stage 3 out of 4 cataract in my right eye, the one that already has ptosis following removal of some warts years ago, so I kinda read and drive and type and all else, one eyed. But the car is in the garage for the winter so if anyone from my home town is reading here, and THAT would be an impossibility, you don't have to drive into the ditch to avoid me. What was that about the one-eyed Monster that I seem to remember existed? Delighted to hear that some of your crosses are giving you such interesting results. __________________ Carolyn

December 21, 2006	#7
oldgaredneck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Crawford County Georgia Posts: 163	Gidday, Mate! New to the forum here - glad to hear your health is better Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas! __________________ "So many tomato varieties, so little time...."

December 21, 2006	#2
bully Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: S.E. MI Posts: 794	Thanks for the update. Good to hear from you

December 21, 2006	#6
clay199 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Beyond Hope, British Columbia Posts: 201	I am glad you are back Glenn!!

December 21, 2006	#8
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	So here's another cataract surgery in both eyes and for reasons we won't go into can't see out of one eye person. Glenn, welcome back! Your "Hobbit" tomato fruit description sounds similar to the description and photo for Ceylon in the TGS catalog. "...about 2 inches across....flattened, scalloped tomatoes...." It's not dwarf, though. Sounds like a cutie. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

December 23, 2006	#9
Patrina_Pepperina Cross Hemisphere Dwarf Project™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 3,094	Very glad to see you again Glenn and good to hear about your projects - we'll look forward to some pics down the track! Patrina __________________ Truth is colourful, not just black and white. PP: 2005

December 23, 2006	#10
landarc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Left Coasty Posts: 964	Glenn, Good to see you back around. It has been a tough run for you and yours. Still, sounds like the growing is proceeding along nicely. __________________ Lets see...$10 for Worth and $5 for Fusion, man. Tomatoes are expensive! Bob

December 23, 2006	#11
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Great to hear from you Glenn! Here's wishing you a prolific growing season! Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

December 24, 2006	#12
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Merry Christmas Glenn. Best, Grubs. EDIT: So what else are you growing tomato-wise? Also, it's remiss of me but thanks to your fellow Kiwi bros for sending garlic to Australia this year. I found a source and it beats the Chinese stuff hands down. Purple and lush. Ta.

December 24, 2006	#13
VGary Tomatoville Honoree Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 460	Your Surgery Glenn, Good to hear you are doing well from your cataract surgery! Welcome back to Tomatoville! Best wishes for a wonderfully healthy Holiday and a New Year with better health, happiness and peace. Keep up the good efforts with your tomatoes! It is always interesting to hear what you are doing in the garden. Gary/Louisville __________________ *"We believe we mere debtors to God in relation to each other and all men, to improve our Time and Talents in this Life, in that manner in which we might be most useful." Shaker Covenant 1795*

December 24, 2006	#14
cdntomato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 554	Glenn, you must have known that I've been asking around after you! I'm so glad you posted to let us know how things are going. Big hugs to you and Jan for the holidays!!!! Get and stay well will you please! Jennifer