History of Farnsworth?

gardenmaniac · March 5, 2007

I am new to Tomatoville and have been spending a bit of time "catching up". I discovered it through Andrey. Thanks Andrey!!!!

I was wondering if anyone knows the history of the Farnsworth tomato. The SSE Yearbook doesn't help in that area and neither does the Sandhill catalog.

I will be growing it this year and want to add any information I can get for my file.

Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know everybody

Tiffanie the gardenmaniac

**carolyn137** · March 5, 2007

As you know Glenn still does list it in his catalog/website, and basic traits are given, but as for a history, well, there may be one and there may not be one as is true with maybe over 90% of all OP heirloom tomatoes.

I looked quickly in a few older SSE Yearbooks but didn't see it which means I may have to go pre-1986 when varieties were listed not by color as they are now, rather by state and within state alphabetically as to lister by their SSE code .

And that makes it very difficult to find anything, quite frankly.

So if no one else comes up with any info on history, I can take a look sometime, but you'd have to remind me to do so.

And now is not the time.

gardenmaniac · March 5, 2007

Thank you, Carolyn, for taking the time to respond. I'll send a gentle reminder later if no one else responds. I appreciate all the work you do to preserve the historical context. I have only been a SSE member for four years so my yearbooks don't go back that far. I agree that there may be no story to find. But just in case...

I wonder where Glenn's seed came from.

Tiffanie

**carolyn137** · March 5, 2007

I wonder where Glenn's seed came from.

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No doubt an earlier Yearbook where it was offered since Glenn has been a member of SSE since its inception in 1975 when he was very young.

I'd even suggest e-mailing him but he has never had a great interest in the history of most OP's other than the commercially bred ones and he's so far behind on e-mails as it is, and this is their busiestr time of the year, and....and....and.

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gardenmaniac Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Florida Posts: 82	History of Farnsworth? I am new to Tomatoville and have been spending a bit of time "catching up". I discovered it through Andrey. Thanks Andrey!!!! I was wondering if anyone knows the history of the Farnsworth tomato. The SSE Yearbook doesn't help in that area and neither does the Sandhill catalog. I will be growing it this year and want to add any information I can get for my file. Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know everybody Tiffanie the gardenmaniac Last edited by gardenmaniac; March 5, 2007 at 01:51 AM.

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	As you know Glenn still does list it in his catalog/website, and basic traits are given, but as for a history, well, there may be one and there may not be one as is true with maybe over 90% of all OP heirloom tomatoes. I looked quickly in a few older SSE Yearbooks but didn't see it which means I may have to go pre-1986 when varieties were listed not by color as they are now, rather by state and within state alphabetically as to lister by their SSE code . And that makes it very difficult to find anything, quite frankly. So if no one else comes up with any info on history, I can take a look sometime, but you'd have to remind me to do so. And now is not the time. __________________ Carolyn

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I wonder where Glenn's seed came from. **** No doubt an earlier Yearbook where it was offered since Glenn has been a member of SSE since its inception in 1975 when he was very young. I'd even suggest e-mailing him but he has never had a great interest in the history of most OP's other than the commercially bred ones and he's so far behind on e-mails as it is, and this is their busiestr time of the year, and....and....and. __________________ Carolyn