Tomato Growers Supply 2012 Catalog?

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

Has it gone out yet I usually get it every year and have ordered there the last two years but have not gotten a catalog yet just wondering if I need to go to their site and request one for this year.

Craig

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Gobig_or_Gohome_toms

Has it gone out yet I usually get it every year and have ordered there the last two years but have not gotten a catalog yet just wondering if I need to go to their site and request one for this year.

Craig

I don't rememeber the exact timing, but I think it was a week ago today that I called Linda about something and she said she'd been in Chicago the week before, as she always does when the catalogs are printed in order to make sure the colors are right, etc.

So I would expect it any time now and as with most catalogs they get sent out by zip codes.

There is a thread here for catalogs, and I rememebr now, I called her b'c someone had posted they got the catalog, and I was wondering where mine was and she said no, that would be the 2011 catalog that they send out until the new 2012 ones are ready to go.

I get two copies and not b'c I buy any seeds there, but b'c for many years now Linda knows that I like to have one copy here by the computer and one out in the front room to use as reference if anyone asks questions.

And I also remember asking about new varieties, she named a few, and asked me not to say what they were, and I also posted that in the catalog thread here in the General Discussion area as well.

[Douglas14]

I've been curious to see what new varieties Linda lists in her 2012 catalog. I check the TGS website frequently to see if it is updated for 2012. Not yet. I don't know if she updates the website before, during, or after the catalogs are sent out.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Douglas14

I've been curious to see what new varieties Linda lists in her 2012 catalog. I check the TGS website frequently to see if it is updated for 2012. Not yet. I don't know if she updates the website before, during, or after the catalogs are sent out.

Doug, I don't know when she updates the website either but at this busy time of year I'm not going to call her ask and I'm not going to e-mail her either.

All I can say is that when it is updated it has been updated.

[bitterwort]

Doug, look at the site again--to me, it looks like it's been updated or is at least in the process of being updated, as of about midnight last night. At least, I noticed some of the new varieties, like Green Zebra Cherry. In the past, the site seems to get updated at about the same time other folks report seeing the catalog, so I take that as a positive omen.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by bitterwort

Doug, look at the site again--to me, it looks like it's been updated or is at least in the process of being updated, as of about midnight last night. At least, I noticed some of the new varieties, like Green Zebra Cherry. In the past, the site seems to get updated at about the same time other folks report seeing the catalog, so I take that as a positive omen.

Yes, Green Zebra Cherry is a new one and there are quite a few more new ones. I remember Linda telling me that for 2012 she's adding more new ones than she has in several years.

[tam91]

It looks to me like she has only one Red Brandywine (regular leaf) now. She used to have the real one with something extra in the name (can't remember now, sorry) and the "wrong" one.

I wonder which one she is selling now as Red Brandywine?

[cloz]

Originally Posted by tam91

It looks to me like she has only one Red Brandywine (regular leaf) now. She used to have the real one with something extra in the name (can't remember now, sorry) and the "wrong" one.

I wonder which one she is selling now as Red Brandywine?

It was Brandywine Red Landis Valley. If you enter Landis Valley in the search box at TGS, it will come up and still shows as being available.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/BRANDYW...ductinfo/5940/

[tam91]

Thank you, yes, that was the name. But when I look at beefsteaks, it has the "other" Brandywine Red - both regular leaf and potato leaf versions. But I don't think I saw the "Landis" one there. I'll have to go look again, and make sure I'm not half blind from insufficient coffee at this point.

[tam91]

Ah, I see what's happened. The "wrong" one is listed under beefsteaks, with some other brandywines. The real one (that she calls Landis) is listed under midseason.

Ugh, that makes it even easier for people to order the wrong one. I admit, this is a pet peeve of mine, as I wasted money accidentally getting the wrong one.

[JerryL]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I don't rememeber the exact timing, but I think it was a week ago today that I called Linda about something and she said she'd been in Chicago the week before, as she always does when the catalogs are printed in order to make sure the colors are right, etc.

So I would expect it any time now and as with most catalogs they get sent out by zip codes.

There is a thread here for catalogs, and I rememebr now, I called her b'c someone had posted they got the catalog, and I was wondering where mine was and she said no, that would be the 2011 catalog that they send out until the new 2012 ones are ready to go.

Carolyn, I'm not sure of the timing you mention above, but I received my 2012 Totally Tomato catalog several weeks ago. I doubled checked and it says 2012 on the front and is very different inside from the 2011 issue.

So I guess I'm on the eary zip code list.

[Douglas14]

bitterwort,
Yes, it does look like the TGS website is updated now. Thanks!

[Douglas14]

Yippie! I received my Tomato Grower's Supply Catalog today!

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

Just got mine in the mail today as well!!

Craig

[Tania]

I checked out the new online catalog - the new website looks very nice and clean!

But the shipping got drastically increased for 2012 - from $8 to $12 for Canada. Ouch, this hurts very much!

Tatiana