![]() ![]() I assume he still kept some seeds back and no, I'm not sending back to him the seeds he sent me for you, as you asked above. ![]() You already had sent me your home address in an e-mail as I requested and I'm sure I still have that and will get the seeds out to you this summer. John, I told you in the e-mail that he would be sending the seeds, he did, I received them a couple of weeks ago and since you had already told me that you weren't sowing the seed until next year I didn't think there was a hurry on getting the seeds out to you. I'd be very interested in trying to grow this variety next year myself, if you're able to forward any of these seeds. Will you be sending the seeds you've received back to your contact in Canada, or did this person happen to save some for growing out themselves? I just wasn't aware that you'd actually gotten the seeds from your contact in Canada. I'm the same person with whom you corresponded in the GardenWeb forums about Wild Sweetie. There are quite a few varieties in Amy's book which are not available to the public either commercially or through the Yearbook and that was also true of her melon and squash books. When I wrote my book about tomatoes the Editor said that anything that I featured had to be available to the public, either commercially or through the SSE YEarbook, and I agreed with him, and strongly so. I'm going to encourage the person who sent me the seeds to grow some out next year and offer them, and he is commercial. John, I've just gone through this with someone else who asked about that variety and there is no commercial source that has seeds.īy doing one heck of a lot of background searching I was able to find one person who had a few 2005 seeds and he sent them to me to send on to the person who requested them but I don't think it would be right for me to open that pack, which I still have, and send some of them elsewhere. TOMATO - WILD SWEETIE, vine 3.80 GST included TOMATO - WILD CHERRY, vine Lycopersicom esculentum Growth Type.Indeterminate (VINE) Leaf Type.Regular Leaf Fruit Colour.Red Fruit Type.Currant (Cherry) Fruit Size.Very Small, 10-15mm Maturity Time.Mid Season, 75-85 days USE.Fresh, Snacking, Salads, Bottling, Cooking, Sauce COMMENTS. Read less PLEASE SELECT Organic Seed 125 Seeds 5. Fruits are good size for eating out of hand, or for salads. Provide support for vigorous vines that easily reach 6 long. Notify me when this product is in stock Bite-sized tomatoes, deliciously sweet, are produced on vigorous plants. Sweetie produces large numbers of 1 cherry tomatoes in grape-like clusters. Any suggestions for where else to look?īy the way, this tomato is distinctly different from a tomato called Sweetie.Īny feedback or suggestions greatly appreciated. Deliciously sweet and perfect for salads. Seed Savers Exchange doesn't list them either. Warm, Hot Annual Tomato : Sweetie Grape shaped fruit in clusters, high sugar content Sweeties large vines produce very sweet, red, round, cherry-type tomatoes 1'-1. Goldman references a source in Australia called Diggers that no longer has the seeds. I'm at a loss for tracking down seeds though. ![]() Goldman references a source in Australia called Diggers that no longer has the seeds. quoteLamb Abbey Orchards 136119FONTTrebuchet MSSIZE2I read about a currant tomato in Amy Goldman's Heirloom Tomato book called Wild Sweetie that I'm interested in growing. And in these economic times they need all the help we can give them.įinally, both Amy and I list Wild Sweetie in the 2013 SSE Yearbook and yes, she got it from Diggers in Australia and still says it tastes like candy while I got mine from someone who lives close to her who had asked her for seeds and do not think it tastes like candy at all.I read about a currant tomato in Amy Goldman's Heirloom Tomato book called Wild Sweetie that I'm interested in growing. Some here might still have some seeds but I'm one who encourages folks to buy a good percentage of their seeds since without the many small family run seed companies there would be far less varieties preserved. cheesmanii,which is salt tolerant, but I'm glad that she brought this one back. You'll note that there are several seed sources for this variety via the above link and for several years I offered seed for it in my annual seed offer. When I had ripe fruits I saved seeds and sent them back to Amy and both of us listed them in the SSE Yearbook. How Amy got the fruits through customs I don't know but she sent me the actual fruits, I took the seeds directly from some fruits with no processing and germination was about 100%. Very disease resistant and grows really well in South-east Queensland summers. We have so much love for Wild Sweetie and grow it every season as it is a really heavy producer of these super sweet little fruits, perfect for snacking and salads. I just wanted to mention that my absolute favorite wee fruited one is Sara's Galapagos, which I think is much better than Wild Sweetie. The tiniest cutest little tomato you ever did see. ![]()
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