[tomato] Caspian Pink and the seed business
Celeste or Dave Anderson (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:42:08 +0000
I mentioned the new (to the USA) Caspian Pink tomato a while ago.
There is an excellent article in the February issue of National
Gardening Magazine about the seed business and it tells the story of
Caspian Pink from 1992 when it was discovered near the Caspian Sea to
1999.
Seminis Garden, the discoverer, did not produce enough seed to sell
to all of their customers, so they gave an exclusive for 1999 to R.H
Shumway Seeds. Caspian Pink is listed for sale in the Shumway catalog
and will probably be listed in their Totally Tomatoes catalog when it
comes out.
National Gardening has a lot of articles on tomatoes at their
website at: http://www.garden.org
Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.tough-love.com