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Nh

Looking to see if any folks know of a way to attain heirloom type tomato and basil seeds from common folk across seas?

4/7/2017 11:14:47 AM

Central NY

I'm pretty sure the domingo variety comes from Italian roots...Vinchenzo domingo?....I mean...com on, right?...seamsfaster or materdoc would know for sure...either way, I have some if yer interested ...meaty and tasty ...

4/7/2017 2:33:00 PM

Central NY

And BIIIIG

4/7/2017 2:33:09 PM

Nh

im interested!
Puleolocizz@gmail.com

4/8/2017 8:04:00 AM

Central NY

Email sent

4/8/2017 9:20:33 AM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

You may want to check out the seed company called Seeds from Italy.

4/10/2017 4:52:09 PM

Bloomington, IN USA

Seamsfaster got Domingo seeds from Vincenzo Domingo's daughter in Italy, I forget which area of Italy, maybe he will chime in.
I got the seed from Seamsfaster & I'm sure many other people did too.

He had another huge Italian variety. I don't recall the exact name, it was something like Maria Amazilitei's Big Red.
I grew a couple of MABR several years ago and it produced some large beefsteaks with doubles and triples as I recall but no larger megablooms.

4/11/2017 10:38:08 PM

Bloomington, IN USA

I forgot to mention Vincenzo Domingo died a year or 2 ago, so it is kind of a memorial for him.

And it does produce (in the right hands) competitive giant Maters although they have a definite tendency to not be as dense as Big Zacs or Delicious.

4/11/2017 10:42:32 PM

East Carbon, Utah

Hi Roofer,

For the full story of Domingo (Vincenzo Domingo's daughter helped me name it), see:

http://www.delectationoftomatoes.com/store/p4/Domingo.html

If this seems like too much of a shameless plug, I included even more information at Tatiana's wonderful website:

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Domingo

The other Italian variety I grew to over 3 lbs. (3.554) is Chilo della Garfagnana.

In my inventory are at least 45 additional tomato varieties from Italy, along with peppers, basil, beans...

I lived in Italy for a couple of years, so I have a fondness for food things Italian!

4/12/2017 12:37:12 AM

50 Acres

I have grown Sicilian saucer tomatoes,they are a nice flavorable tomato. My largest was 23" in circumference. It filled a whole slice of toast.

4/22/2017 8:12:59 AM