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 Hi, I can't resist new seeds and when I was searching for  Giganteus Greek Samos Lima bean(which I found) I also picked up some stuff new to me. Has anyone any personal experience regarding any of them please.

Tomatoes:
Obeyeyie, they are from Ghana
Aurega: Apricot Orange with red interior . Endangered.
Apple of Novi Sad, they are from Serbia
Sophies's Choice ,plant is only a foot high. Rare

I also bought Cherokee Chocolate,Black Zebra and Ananas Noir(Black Pineapple) which I know but have never grown.

I got a sweet pepper called Chervena Chujska, very good performer outside.

The last one is a completely new veggie to me,I know nothing about it all except it grows to 6 feet. The packet says:

Red Orach,beautiful magenta greens,grow all summer,use like spinach,Seed pods can be used in arrangements.

XX Jeannine

Sorry but No-I`m far too busy growing Moneymaker

The Cherokee and the Black must be variations on a theme.

Orach is readily available -Suffolk Herbs for one-not grown it though

By the way Jeannine-I thought I was mad until you turned up ;D

Thanks Cleo, that is a lovely compliment,I have always wanted to be recognised as nuts XX Jeannine

I think the orach seed needs to be sown quickly and thickly - it doesn't keep well and it germinates erratically even with good seed. The excellent news though is that it's an excellent and easy spinach/salad leaf substitute.

The rest - no eyed dear.

Not a jot Jeannine except they sound very exciting!  ;D

Dear Jeanine,

chervena chushka can be translated as "a beautiful unmarried girl", it came from Bulgaria and it sounds good.

Never heard of Apple of Novi Sad and it sounds a bit made up to me, especially the Siberian origin, but I'm not an expert.
However there is a Russian variety called "apple tree" or sometimes "Russian apple tree" or "appple tree of Russia", it is determinate, early, fruit is well shaped without splits, it didn't originally come from Siberia but it is widely grown in the northen parts of Russia, where more exciting varieties are not performing well.

Good luck and we are looking forward to see the pictures of all these new things!

Natasha can you tell why you think the tomato is made up, the seed source was a ver reputable  government licensed organic seed seller.I am curious why you would think so XX Jeannine

because he   would rather eat putrid moneymakers
then try new and interesting tomato varieties.
Cherokee chocolate was a sport of Cherokee purple i believe.
So it is not made up name but follows a simple naming convention 

Sorry Jeannine,

I didn't put it right. I came from Russia and I was a linguist so to me something here doesn't sound correct. It is more like the variety was called "apple" or something and the name of the Russian firm selling it was "Novi Sad" which means "new garden". For example if you sell me the seeds should I tell people that the variety is called "Jeannine's apple"?
But it's just me and the moment I rote the previous message I felt sorry I did it and I didn't want to upset you in any way.

You didn't upset me Natasha at all. I welcome your imput. It is very interestinh what you have said actually, and it makes sense too.

So if I extended the name with the bit of info I have got,I would now describe it as

Apple from the Novi Sad  area 

or,

Apple (Novi Sad strain)

It apparently was bred at  the Novi Sad Agricultural college, but they are not the name of a seed company.

Thank you again. XX Jeannine

Grid gardener,  this is the second time today I have read one of your posts, both have been sarcastic,however it seems you are not only rude, you apparently did not read the message correctly.

It was Cleo who mentioned the Moneymakers and if you were a regular on this forum you would know he doesn't grow them.You would aso recognise a joke from a much respected poster and you would know that he grows a great many interesting varieties.

The comment regarding "made up" was not dealing with Cleos remarks, Natasha was helping me with this point, and it was not talking about the Cherokee variety but the Russian one.

Perhaps you should read it again.

Jeannine

Quote from: Jeannine on May 19, 2007, 10:23:37
Grid gardener,  this is the second time today I have read one of your posts, both have been sarcastic,however it seems you are not only rude, you apparently did not read the message correctly.

It was Cleo who mentioned the Moneymakers and if you were a regular on this forum you would know he doesn't grow them.You would aso recognise a joke from a much respected poster and you would know that he grows a great many interesting varieties.

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Mmmmm. Moneymaker. My favourite. ( © all the supermarket chains  ;D ;D ;D )

It's always a little bit funny when a poster gets the wrong end of the stick, though.  ;)

I think we should start a campaign..Bring back the Moneymaker!!!After all one mans insipid is another mans treat

XX Jeannine

Getting back to your original query, Jeannine, the only one I've grown (haven't even heard of most of them!) is Auriga tomato. A fellow plot-holder bought a packet last year while on holiday in France. We did a plant swap and I ended up with one. If my memory still works, it was small & golden-yellow, similar in size & shape to Sungold, and very tasty. We were so impressed by it, I saved some of the seed. As the writing on his label had washed off, I ended up calling it "Mike's Orange", but he now assures me it is Auriga. We're both growing it this year from my saved seed. (I planted mine out a couple of days ago.) I'll post a progress report later in the season if you like.

I have (touch wood) still got Red Orach in the garden. Last time I looked, slugs/snails had already had a helping.

I grew Red Orach last year, if you let it set seed it can reach weed porportions!
Sorry to say Jeannine I wasn't that impressed, looked great but was a bit of a no taste veggy for me! Good in salads tho! ;D

Thanks for the help wth the Orach, sound awful!! I might think a bit more on that one.

Trevor re the Aurega. The organic farm they came from describe them as :

A deep apricot orange with rosy interior,ripens early,very productive and beautiful 2 1/2 inch Endangered.

It certainly sound the same  and with your suggestion I think i will stick a couple in,if it is early I should get a taste this year. Thanks for that XXX Jeannine

Yes, it was early - and productive & beautiful. It must be the same. (All I hope is that I've saved the right one. Mike gave me another orange one, a much larger beefsteak; we weren't quite as impressed - ie. it didn't produce much! - so I'm fairly certain that I didn't save that one.)

Didn't realise it was endangered. Better save some more seed. (Actually, the reason Mike took some of my seed was that when they went to France again this year they looked for the seed again & couldn't find it. Figures....)

Trev, I have 25 seeds,would you like 5 of them XX Jeannine