Now that I've refreshed the page, I am also able to confirm your 'Gollum'! Technically, your plant has leaves with both 'Gollum' and 'Skinny Finger' characteristics. Most of my plants have mixed leaf-types, as well, but I simply call them by the predominant leaf-shape. So 'Gollum' it is (or near enough!) Again, great find! Josh

Hi- Carolyn, thanks for the info on (Rostova ), I did read part of it on anioleka seeds web site a year or more ago (actualy they ruined their own business in a way ) by suddenly creating about fifty new web site names to do with seeds of all kinds, and it so confused people they didnt quite know what was going on,they also used to sell seeds on e-bay quite a lot, and listed dozens of tomatoes on there last year,, but now they seem to have stopped,perhaps e-bay chargeds were too high, Unfortunatly I got the wrong andrea- I meant the one in Belarus, I would have thought he would have listed it on his very comprehensive lists of tomatoes,but I couldnt seem to find it, I absolutly love the Sunset Red Horizon (Rostova ) tomatoes I am growing this year, dissapointing at first, but after they reached the halfway stage-then they realy seem to come into their own, producing truss after truss of large-to very large tomatoes, not bad flavour-sort of savoury rather than sweet, very-very strong plants, i am having a bit of a job stopping mine after they reached six trusses, as they seem to want to go on forever, I chopped the tops off at that stage-but within a week they were sending out new side shoots all over the place, I dont quite know what eventual height or girth they would finaly reach under ideal frost free growing climates, but I bet they would be some size, overall. the only thing I dont like about this variety is the long wispy leaves, as they seem to be twice as long as normal tomato plants, and tend to get in the way a bit when you are trying to service each plant in the normal way, side shooting, pollinating , general inspection etc, etc, I am sorry-and appologise, with your reference to your book,dont be so darned touchy at everything anybody says ,nothing is meant by it, its a damn good book-I have a copy of it I often refer to it myself for certain things and info,but it would have been far better if it had run to perhaps a thousand different varieties, rather than a hundred, I know it would have meant a lot more work involved , or even an updated version to bring it up to date with all the new varieties that have come to light recently, as nobody seems to have taken up the challenge to carry on where you left off, and often find themselves wanting-in that respect, I myself was the other day looking round for info on a variety called Oaxacan Jewel but couldnt find much info on it, The only reason I mentioned the other book , was because everybody to a tee, seems to use your book as a reference point regarding tomatoes, whereas the other book by Terry Marshall covers purely organic culture,varieties in limited amounts,greenhouse construction-scientific breakdown of the suns rays and angles it strikes the glass,for best effect,seed germination, root growth to maximum possible,flower bud enhancment with temp control in the early stages, deseases of every kind and of course pests,composts from home made to commercial -which gives very suprising results,especialy on root growth,for example a natural peat product gleaned from the fine grains of peat washed down the mountain streams and collected in sieves at the water treatment plant,as a by-product of their water filteration, gives superior results and massive root growth to tomatoes -than peat dug out of the ground, nobody seems to know why ?, something seems to happen to it on its way down the streams that makes all the difference, photographic evidence in this book shows roots nearly bursting out of eight inch pots and curled round in the bottom several times,it also covers pollen forming temp and heat temp pollen destruction, giving the max and min of temp for pollen usage, just as a general guide,also lots of favourite recipes for favourite organic feeds,from hen dip-to comfrey green soup, also covering, pigeon, turkey, and animal manures, and their various effects on tomatoes,Loam production from turf heaps,etc, etc, altogether a different type of book to yours entirely,covering different aspects of the tomato world completly,so you see- you musnt be so darned touchy if anyone happens to mention another book other than yours,its a very good book and I still read it on a regular basis,you musnt take any notice whatsoever of me when I might have said in passing-there are other books on tomatoes other than yours,nothing was meant by it, other than almost everyone in the USA uses your book to refer to, as a general guide,in its own right its ideal for reference to varieties , but it doesnt cover many other aspects of tomato growing-nor was it designed to do so,and other books do cover other aspects, Personaly I wish you would write a new book -covering many more updated varieties , I would probably be one of the first to buy a copy,

Kathy, your blooms are beautiful and the foliage is spectacular! You have captured them really nicely. Bob

"Oh, I see why you've been away...Any new cameras on the horizon? Was wondering where you went too... juanital" Hoping to have a new camera in the near future. Money is a little tight right now. ******************************************************* "Hi, Eric. I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you and the ducks were doing". All the dogs-ducks and geese are doing well. Sometime they are a handful. It's hard to go off Island. Don't like to rely on the neighbors to look over them. ********************************************************** Hi Eric! Welcome back! How is everything? Where have you been? I thought you left us for good! How are your Ducks, Dogs, Daffs, DD.... Konrad Hello Konrad, Thank you, it's been a long winter. Staying busy landscaping Monday through Thursday. Small lawn and garden equipment repair Fridays and Saturdays. I try to work my orchard / garden Sundays and evenings. My 12 ducks are producing about 9 eggs a day. The geese have paired up and are now laying eggs. Looks like I lucked out. I ended up with 3 Ganders and 3 geese. The geese are not sitting on the eggs, so I've been taking them away. I might have to buy or build an incubator. So everyone is fine but busy. I broke my camera several months ago. The 2" LCD doesn't work. Can't change the settings, so I shot on Auto only. Download to the computer to see what I have. Most of the time its garbage. What is DD....??? I'll be lurking and posting Eric, San Juan Island WA.