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San Marzano

Very heavy producer of blocky 1"x2½" paste tomatoes on 4' vines; very meaty and sweet; refused to crack; perfect for drying; produced until frost.

CV Greene Valley Seeds 1990

Santorini Paste

One of the real discoveries of the 1997 season and definitely a new addition to my top ten list; very heavy set of 2", heavily scalloped and flattened fruits which are very attractive; rather seedy but dried well;

Original seed collected fall 1996 by Sonja Steifel on the island of Santorini in Greece where it is commercially grown.

Sausage

4-5" pepper-shaped, very meaty paste tomatoes on 5' vines; fruits often dropped before ripe and were ripened indoors; many inflorescences terminated with a small leaf.

CV Glecklers 1994

Schmmeig Striped Hollow

Heavy set of ruffled or tri-lobed 3-4" hollow fruits on 4½' vines; skin red with orange streaks; flesh red; very attractive; central cavity not as large as Liberty Bell; seems quite similar to Striped Cavern.

OR TH C 95 ... (?) IA CA D 89

From Germany.

Sheboygan

Another one of my best new varieties of 1997; very heavy production of 4"x3" pink, meaty fruits; skin and flesh soft, so can equally well be used fresh or for canning.

This variety has been grown since the early part of the century in Sheboygan, Wisconsin by Lithuanian immigrants.

Silvery Fir Tree

2-3" round red, moderately seedy fruits on determinate, compact, 2' vine with highly dissected leaves. Is best grown in window boxes, where it becomes a cascade of fern-like foliage with bright red fruits.

WI MI B 96 - IA SSE HF 95

Russian variety first offered in US in 1994.

Siniy

Moderate set of 3", flattened, brown-purple fruits on 2' tall vines with potato-shaped leaves; good spicy-sweet flavor.

WI MI B 98

From Estonia via SWED TR A 96

Sister Miriam

Perhaps the prettiest new variety I grew in 1998, deep red-pink, heart-shaped, very meaty fruits; fairly heavy production; one of my favorite ox-heart varieties.

NJ CA J 98

Stabilized unknown cross, named in honor of Sister Miriam, the great New Jersey environmentalist.

Slankard's

Large (4-5"), blocky pink fruits with very few seeds; great flavor; excellent canner.

MI BY M 96

Family heirloom Michael Byrne, Lawton, MI.

Soldacki

4-5" somewhat rough very meaty pink fruits on vigorous 5' vines; good tart-sweet flavor, which was excellent canned.

IL LO N 96 - NY MA C 94 (91)

From Krakow, Poland to Cleveland, OH about 1900, then to Albany, NY

Southern Night

Compact, determinate potato-leaf plants with 3" dark purple-brown fruits.

IL LO N 97 - IA SSE HF 94

Russian variety. Name refers to the pitch-black nights in the southern territories of the former Soviet Union, as opposed to the white nights of Moscow.

Speckled Roman

Probably my best new variety of 1999, and definitely in my top 10 list; 5x3" tapered red fruits with stunning wavy orange stripes; fruits meaty and with excellent flavor; the markings are more distinct than reported by John Swenson in the 1999 Yearbook

IL SW J 99

Chance cross of Antique Roman with Banana Legs.

Striped Cavern

Bell pepper shaped, hollow fruits that are red and orange striped on the outside and have red flesh; seems like a dead-ringer to the Schimmeig Striped Hollow.

WI PE C 91 .... CV Seeds Blum 1987

Striped German

3-4" somewhat flattened round fruits on relatively compact 2½' vines; flesh yellow-red mottled at base; good sweet flavor; not very productive.

CV Johnny's 1996

From Hampshire Co., West Virginia.

Stump of the World

5" diameter smooth, deep pink fruits; meaty with excellent flavor; potato-leaf plant.

IL SW J 00

Surprise

3-4" smooth fruits that change from white to amber to orange to red; potato shaped leaves that have a strong yellow cast; very attractive; stabilized hybrid between Turkey Chomp and an unknown potato leaf variety.

developed by Craig LeHoullier, Raleigh, North Carolina

Sweet Orange Roma

2½x2" blocky plum-shaped fruits; with good flavor; skin deep orange with rose-pink blush in interior; excellent past tomato.

TN JO M 00

From CA DA J2

Sweetie

Hundreds of bright red, candy-sweet, juicy, ½" fruits; produced throughout season; excellent salad tomato.

NJ CA J 98 - WI MI B 97 - CV Ni1 92

Nichols Garden Nursery, Albany, OR

Swiss Alpine

Abundant set of 2½-3" somewhat flattened red spheres; moderately seedy.

IL SW J 00

 
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