North Dakota/Upper Midwest Heirlooms??? - Page 2

barbamWY · January 4, 2015

I have grown Sheyenne for years. My husband was helping a friend clean out a shed and brought me home some old seeds. I managed to get a few to germinate. I have been saving my own seeds. It produces pretty, medium sized fairly early tomatoes. They have a slightly tart taste.

Douglas14 · January 4, 2015

I obtained Todd County Amish and Amish Potato Leaf from a local Todd county Amish lady. I think the names she had on them were Non-Acid and German Non-Acid(I don't recall which became which in the naming process). The closest town to her homestead is Long Prairie. I read somewhere that the local Amish community comes from about 5 different Amish communities in the U.S. I didn't ask the lady I collected seeds from, where her family migrated from. One of her Amish neighbors said his family hails from Ohio.

JLJ_ · January 4, 2015

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Originally Posted by eyolf

I think your choices could be tempered by either varieties that do well in ND, or those that were bred there. Unfortunately, tomatoes haven't ever been an important crop in Nodak, so the choices will be reduced if you're hoping to limit them to home-bred.

I'm a MN gardener, and have faced that scenario here as well. Two ways to look at it; positively, one can be confident that all slections and varieties can be cycled through in short order. Negatively, the list isn't as long as, say, New Jersey's.

On to some of my faves, born in the area:
Sioux (Nebraska)
Faribo Gold (Mn)
Mingold (Mn)
Bison (ND)
Pollock (a BC, Canada selection from Chalk's EJ/John Baer/Bonny Best)
Firesteel (SD)
Melfort (Mb, Canada)
Pruden's Purple ( source shrouded in mystery, but supposedly discovered in MN)

eyolf, are you still working with Pollock? If I recall correctly, you used to post about your work with that very interesting (to northern/cold area growers) tomato -- but I haven't seen anything from you about it for quite a while?

Edit: Hmm, looking back up the thread, the post I responded to dates back quite a while, too -- but I still wonder, eyolf, if you're still working with Pollock.

Alpinejs · January 5, 2015

From a not too distant neighbor.......Wisconsin 55.

January 4, 2015	#16
barbamWY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: North West Wyoming Posts: 466	I have grown Sheyenne for years. My husband was helping a friend clean out a shed and brought me home some old seeds. I managed to get a few to germinate. I have been saving my own seeds. It produces pretty, medium sized fairly early tomatoes. They have a slightly tart taste.

January 4, 2015	#17
Douglas14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 602	I obtained Todd County Amish and Amish Potato Leaf from a local Todd county Amish lady. I think the names she had on them were Non-Acid and German Non-Acid(I don't recall which became which in the naming process). The closest town to her homestead is Long Prairie. I read somewhere that the local Amish community comes from about 5 different Amish communities in the U.S. I didn't ask the lady I collected seeds from, where her family migrated from. One of her Amish neighbors said his family hails from Ohio.

January 5, 2015	#19
Alpinejs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Alpine, Calif. in winter. Sandpoint Lake, Ont. Canada summers Posts: 850	From a not too distant neighbor.......Wisconsin 55.