Need some help with huge "Giveaway" #1

[ContainerTed]

Because of a long list of medical reasons, I'm not able to grow as many varieties in one year as I used to do. And, because I can't stand to waste anything, I am forced to do a large giveaway of tomato seeds. This will involve at least two giveaways, and the first is ready to ship. It consists of more than 300 varieties.

This offer is open to members within the lower 48 states. The package to be mailed is too large to risk other addresses outside of the CONUS.

This first group consists of seeds that are from 2 to 6 years old. A few will only have a few seeds in the packets, but a few dozen will have more than a dozen seeds. Many will have more than 50 and some will have several hundred. An ideal recipient for this bunch will have good germination techniques and the capability to grow more than 50 varieties each year. I will ask that you share as much as possible with other members here at Tomatoville.

If you're interested, PM me and tell me why I should choose you. It'll cost you nothing. I'll cover the shipping to anywhere in the continental US. Again, I'm sorry, this is too much to send to other countries (it'll be about the size of two shoe boxes side by side.)

Good luck to any who are interested.

100's and 1000's, 1884, 1884 Purple, AAA Sweet Solano, Abraham Lincoln (original), Ace 55 VF, Adventure, Agatha, Aker's West Virginia, Amazon Chocolate, Amish Paste, Amy's Sugar Gem, Anna Russian, Applause VFFA, Apricot Brandywine, Arbuznyi, Arkansas Traveler, Ashleigh, Aunt Lou's Underground RR, Aurora, Baby Beefsteak, Balkonnoe Chudo, Basket King F5, Beauty King, Beauty Queen, Beefsteak, Belyi Naliv, Better Boy VFN (F2), Big Rainbow, Big Sungold Select, Bigguns (F2), Bilder, Black, Black & Red Boar, Black Bear, Black Cherry, Black Krim, Black Sea Man, Boets, Boloto, Bonny Best, Box Car Willie, Brad's Black Heart, Brandy Boy, Brandywine Black, Brandywine OTV, Brandywine Pink, Brandywine Red, Brandywine Sudduth's, Brandywine Yellow, Brandywine, Joyce's Strain, Brianna, Budenovka Pink, Burbank Slicing, Buzau 22, Canadian Dwarf, Captain Lucky, Carbon, Carbon Copy, Celebrity (F2), Celebrity VFN, Champagne Cherry, Cherokee Chocolate, Cherokee Purple Potato Leaf, Chocolate Stripes, Church, Citron Compact, Climbing Trip L Crop, Clint Eastwood Rowdy Red, Condine Red, Costoluto Fiorentino, Costoluto Genovese, Couilles de Taureau, Creole, Crnkovic Yugoslavian, Cuor di Bue, Cuostralee, Danko, Debbie Beefsteak, Demar, Demidov, Dikaya Roza, Don Camillo, Dutchman, The, Dwarf Champion, Dwarf Red Heart, Eagles Beak, Earl Of Edgecombe, Earl's Faux, Earliana, Early Bird Garden, Early Cascade F3, Early Dwarf Cherry, Egg Yolk, Eh-Lim (My People) Azerbaijan, Emma, Finish, Florida Basket, Frank Stein Black, Fred Limbaugh's Potato Top, Galinas, Gardemariny, Garden Peach, Gary O'sena, German Extreme Dwarf Bush, German Johnson, Giant Belgium, Giant King, Giant Tree, Gogosha, Golden Cherokee, Golden Queen, Goliath, Goose Creek (Red), Green Giant x Yellow Submarine, Gregori's Altai, Grub's Mystery Green, Grushovka, Haley's Purple Comet, Harvard Square, Heart’s Delite Black, Heatwave VFFA (F2), Heinz 2653, Hillbilly (Flame), Hillbilly Potato Leaf, Holy Land, Homestead, Husky Cherry Red (F2), Husky Pink, Ildi, Imur Prior Beta, Irakische Herzformige, Isis Candy, Italian Market Wonder, Italian Noire, Italian Tree, Japanese Black Trifele, Japanese Dwarf, Japonaise Haute, Jelly Bean Red, Jelly Bean Red (F2), Jelly Bean Yellow, Jersey Devil, Jersey Giant Paste, Jetsetter, Judy's Mystery Roma, KBX, Kellogg's Breakfast, Khurma, Kimberly, Kombat, Kosovo 750, Krajova, Lambada, Large Barred Boar, Large Pink Bulgarian, Large Red Cherry, Ledeau Special, Legend, Lehrertomate, Lil's Favorite, Linda Tscherwona, Lithuanian, Livingston's Beauty, Liz Birt, Logidmij, Lucky Cross, Lucky Leprechaun, Magnif Olympica (Argentina), Magnif Potente (Argentina), Magnum Beefsteak, Manalucie, Mano, Manyel, Marfushecka Dushechka, Marglobe, Marianna's Peace, Marizol Bratka (Purple BW), Marizol Gold, Mary Ann, Maryland Large Red, Maryushka, Matina, Mechta Ogorodnika, Medovaya Kaplya, Medovyi Spas, Medvezhiya Lapa, Melfort, Michael Pollan, Micro Tom, Milka's Red Bulgarian, Mini Gold, Minskiy Ranniy, Monster, Moons Super Bush Beefsteak, Mortgage Lifter, Mortgage Lifter - Estler's, Mortgage Lifter - Rad.Charlie, Moskovskiy Delikates, Mountain Fresh Plus VFF, Mountain Fresh VFF (F3), Mule Team, Murray Smith, Mystery Black, Dice's, Mystery Red Ball, Mystery Red Cherry, Myth, Neves Azorean Red, New Big Dwarf, New Yorker, Nicky Crain, Noire Charbonneuse, Oaxacan Pink, Old Brooks, Old Virginia, Olena Ukrainian, Olive Hill, Optimus, Orange 1, Orange Minsk, Orange Russian #117, Otradnyi, Outdoor Girl, Padano, Pakmore, Park's Whopper Cr VFFNT, Patio Orange, Paul Robeson, Peardrop, Pendulina Orange, Peremoga, Peron Sprayless, Personna, Pervaya Lyubor, PetoSeed PI0497, Phillipine Currant, Phillipine Native Tomato, Phillipine Plum, Phillipine UPLB Heat Resistant, Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye, Pink Boar, Pink Climber, Pinocchio, Pipo, Polish, Polish Dwarf, Polyarnik, Pork Chop, Prize of the Trials, Prue, Purple Calabash, Purple Dog Creek, Purple Hillbilly, Ramapo OP, Ranniy Flazhok, Red Barn, Red Boar, Red Pear, Red Robin, Red Zebra, Redfield Beauty, Resista Ampel, Resista Dwarf, Riesentraube Cherry, Red, Rogers Best Black, Rosalie's Early Orange, Rouge D'Irak, Royal Hillbilly, Rozoviy Flamingo, Russian Queen, Russian Red, Russian Rose, Sakhar Korichnevyi, San Marzano Lampadina, San Marzano Select Redorte, Sandul Moldovan, Sankt Petersberg, Sara Black, Severnaya Koroleva, Shchelkovskiy Ranniy, Siberian, Sibirskij Stambovyj, Sibirskiy Skorospelyi, Sibirskiy Surpriz, Silvery Fir Tree, Sioux, Sioux, Super, Sladkoezhka, Slavyanskiy Shedevr, Solakha, Sophie's Choice, Spiridonovskie, Ste. Colombe, Striped Red Boar, Stump of the World, Sub-Arctic Plenty, SubArctic Cherry, Sun Sugar, Sunbaby Yellow, Sunmaster, Sunmaster (F2), Super Beefsteak, Super Bush VFN, Super Marmande VF, Sweetie, Talladega VFFTSWSt, Texas Wild Cherry, Thessaloniki, Tidewell German, Tiffen Mennonite, Tiny Tim, Todd County Amish, Tolstyi Dzhek, Trophy, Trufel Krasnyi, Tumbler, Tumbling Tom Red, Tumbling Tom Yellow, Utyonok, Verja's Paradajz, Victorian Dwarf, Virginia Sweets, Vorlon, Walter, Watermelon Beefsteak, West Virginia 63, Whippersnapper, Wins All, Wolgogradskij 5195, Yellow Pear (Beam""s)", Yellow Plum, Yellow Submarine, Zagadka (aka ""Puzzle"")", Zapotec Pleated,

The attachment is a downloadable listing of the above varieties in this giveaway.

[peppero]

I would love to have them all but why not have 6 groups of 50 and make more people happy? To make it more interesting dont tell what you are sending the winners or you could send me the whole batch. I will take some and send the rest out.

jon

[carolyn137]

And why not consider posting your offer in the seed subforum called Trade, where offers not asking for anything back go?

Just a gentle suggestion.

Carolyn

[heirloomtomaguy]

Im in ted if im not to late. Pm sent

[dustdevil]

I believe you people are missing the point. Ted wants this large portion of his collection to go to someone who will grow these varieties out and share them with our Tomatoville members. It's a big responsibility keeping this many varieties going. And, you must have the space to grow a major portion each year. Broken Bar gave away a large collection as a whole and so did Grunt. You should honor Ted's wishes and quit trying to tell him what he should do.

[peebee]

Ted, I hope your health improves. May you enjoy many more seasons of growing tomatoes. Thank you for offering to "pass the baton" as it were, to someone who will appreciate your treasure.

[charline]

just wanted to say you are very generous and you have a very impressive list.
Hope your health will improve and I am sure you will get back seeds from us tomatovillians when you need some in the future.

[DonnaMarieNJ]

Dustdevil, I suggested that to Ted yesterday in a PM.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by dustdevil

I believe you people are missing the point. Ted wants this large portion of his collection to go to someone who will grow these varieties out and share them with our Tomatoville members. It's a big responsibility keeping this many varieties going. And, you must have the space to grow a major portion each year. Broken Bar gave away a large collection as a whole and so did Grunt. You should honor Ted's wishes and quit trying to tell him what he should do.

Dust,I thought I was being helpful in suggesting he also post in the trade subforum, if not, I apologize to Ted.

A person at SSE asked me to donate my seed collection to SSE and I never answered him for I have other plans when that time comes.

Carolyn

[ContainerTed]

Actually, Carolyn, I posted it here because this is forum is seen by the "lurkers", and I thought it might be a small incentive to get more of them to join.

I broke out the listing so that "everybody" could see it. That list is not complete!!!! There is so much more and some commercial packets that are not necessarily tomatoes.

I've had seven responses so far and will wait for one more day to choose. I want to give as many as possible a chance.

Remember this. There will be one more giveaway of tomato seeds, most likely in the fall. It will be about as many varieties as this first giveaway.

Thanks to all for your interest and concerns about me. I'll be okay. I just have to scale down my outside activities. I'm past 70 years old now and the old body just doesn't work the way it used to. (Actually, it still works the same way, just not as fast, nor as often.)

[bughunter99]

They would go to waste on me. I just wanted to thank you for the generous offer and helping assure that all these great varieties keep on keeping on!

Stacy

[AlittleSalt]

Ted, I would offer a PM if I were younger and healthier. Oh, and had a longer growing season.

[peppero]

Originally Posted by peebee

Ted, I hope your health improves. May you enjoy many more seasons of growing tomatoes. Thank you for offering to "pass the baton" as it were, to someone who will appreciate your treasure.

The same goes for me too. Best wishes Ted.

jon

[ContainerTed]

Okay, I have chosen the recipient. It will be HeirloomTomaguy. I had a few folks PM me to recommend that I select him. I'll be contacting the other folks who asked to arrange for them to receive a consolation gift.


This offer is now officially closed.

Thanks to all for your interest, and especially your kind words of concern.

[guruofgardens]

Congrats, Heirloomtomaguy. You've chosen well, ContainerTed.