Whats in a name?

[Fusion_power]

In the interesting category, I grow Purple Haze tomato seedlings which are from seed I get from Keith Mueller. He has a unique ability to follow genes for flavor and to select for flavor traits.

http://licensing.research.ncsu.edu/i...eith-d-mueller

http://licensing.research.ncsu.edu/t...-breeding-line

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

In the interesting category, I grow Purple Haze tomato seedlings which are from seed I get from Keith Mueller. He has a unique ability to follow genes for flavor and to select for flavor traits.

http://licensing.research.ncsu.edu/i...eith-d-mueller

http://licensing.research.ncsu.edu/t...-breeding-line

I read both links,but me thinks they better update those links to indicate that Randy G died recently,not that here recently retired. So how out of date are those two links? I didn't check that out.

Carolyn

[Fusion_power]

Carolyn, I can assure you that Randy Gardner who bred the Mountain series of tomatoes is very much alive. I spoke with him by phone 2 weeks ago.

[killab]

what does "melting texture" mean?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

Carolyn, I can assure you that Randy Gardner who bred the Mountain series of tomatoes is very much alive. I spoke with him by phone 2 weeks ago.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46308

Carolyn, who says you couldn't have spoken to him b/c he was dead,and I'm sure you'll be as surprised, as I was when I knew him when I was in high school at the Milne School.

[KarenO]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=46308

Carolyn, who says you couldn't have spoken to him b/c he was dead,and I'm sure you'll be as surprised, as I was when I knew him when I was in high school at the Milne School.

Carolyn, I think you may wish to re-read the thread attached to the link you posted.
KarenO

[Worth1]

It seems like we have went through this before some time ago.
Or am I mistaken?

Worth

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Carolyn, I think you may wish to re-read the thread attached to the link you posted.
KarenO

I just did Karen, and in the link noted that in post 11 you first brought it up and in post 12 I posted that the obit error was an Albany Times Union error.

Carolyn

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Worth1

It seems like we have went through this before some time ago.
Or am I mistaken?

Worth

Yes Worth we have been through this before sometime ago when I first posted about him passing on.

Carolyn

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Yes Worth we have been through this before sometime ago when I first posted about him passing on.

Carolyn

I was hoping I wasn't losing my mind or something.
Just the other day this same thing happened in my personal life.

Worth

[dustdevil]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

Carolyn, I can assure you that Randy Gardner who bred the Mountain series of tomatoes is very much alive. I spoke with him by phone 2 weeks ago.

Sure that wasn't an answering machine?

[Spartanburg123]

Dustdevil,

Glad he's still around, and also nice to see that he got his undergraduate and master's degrees from Virginia Tech, which was my stomping ground for 4 years. Go Hokies!

[bower]

So ironic, the original topic being "what's in a name?" and now it's about Randy S. vs Randy G. We should all be thankful for our middle names. lest they bury us well in advance!


I wondered if there was a "Pink Floyd" tomato, but I couldn't find one on google. Not "Deep Purple" nor "Purple Rain" either.

Fusion, have you got a new tomato name in the works? Always interested to hear about your projects.

[Fusion_power]

Does a plant that churns out 3 pounders that look like Eva Purple Ball and taste like Neves Azorean Red sound interesting? Did I mention 50 pounds of fruit from an ordinary plant? That is only 20 tomatoes folks.

[KarenO]

There is a pink Floyd tomato Bower, I have seeds if you want some

KarenO