Seed catalog

[digitS']

The Totally Tomatoes and Vermont Bean Seed catalogs showed up in the mailbox. I've been trying to uncover the new stuff while remembering why I passed up some things last year.

Sunrise Sauce, a new orange paste tomato maturing in 55-60 days. Whoa!! Any idea how unusual a paste is that matures that quickly? Roma is 75 days, San Marzano is 80. Stokes Seed doesn't have any that quick. Neither does Tomato Growers Supply!

I grew Heinz 2653 in 2015. Fedco's earliest and listed as 68 days. If we would have had frost as usual in fall of '15 instead of record fall warm weather, it would never have had time to ripen.

Sunrise Sauce: "Flavor is best when tomatoes are cooked but they are also excellent enjoyed fresh."

Oh boy, an early-maturing paste that is good fresh!

Steve

 

[journey11]

Seed Savers Exchange came yesterday. Seems earlier than usual.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Park Seed and Seeds N Such have arrived.

 

[majorcatfish]

hum must be on the late mailing list, have not seen a catalog yet...

 

[Smart Red]

Territorial is the only one for me to date. I'm on the slow list as well, but once they start. . . . . Whew!

 

[so lucky]

I haven't received any yet, either, @majorcatfish.

 

[thistlebloom]

hum must be on the late mailing list, have not seen a catalog yet...

Neither have I.
Why oh why are we being targeted?

 

[digitS']

@majorcatfish , I know you have used Johnny's Seed. Their catalog arrived yesterday.

I carried the catalog off to bed last night. Visually, wonderful and the thing is quite a volume of choices and info, a resource. I was left wondering about who writes text for the new products. Maybe the question is who edits, since writing text, especially for the internet, seems to be freelancer territory these days.

Anyway, it's professionally laid out but they seem to be losing any easy-going style. Imagining @majorcatfish reading ...

I'd like to grow Ancho and shore up my pepper lose ratio, ho ho ... May well go for their Baron. The idea of a garden industry baron gives me more confidence ... These peppers, "produce better than other anchos under challenging and favorable conditions" I can think that would be a good thing.

However, their Divergent (at odds?) melons, "bred and trialed to withstand the stressors of organic cropping systems" - "stressors?" What? I'm uncomfortable with those.

I guess I've become tolerant of the flowery superlatives and Yankee pragmatism weighs a little. I think it would be better for me to read this thing after 10am and I have arrived at my corner office.

Steve
still crumbled up in a blanket at oh dark thirty

 

[digitS']

Hey!

Johnny's now has orach in a choice of 3 varieties. The 2 new ones are different greens ... as in different shades of green.

I don't think I need them but DW's "problem" with purple "greens" could be overcome. If you didn't like the choice of purple or red orach "greens" - this would be a chance for you to try this spinach cousin.

Insinuating Sneve

 

[majorcatfish]

I haven't received any yet, either, @majorcatfish.

Neither have I.
Why oh why are we being targeted?

guess we will have to wait for the updated catalogs to be printed, with better seed prices...

now @digitS' showed a photo of a 2017 stokes catalog knowing him "it's photo shopped" did you see a his mailing address on it? i didn't.. hum i smell a hijacking..
yes pinetree they are usually the first to come out...