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What are you planning to grow in 2009?

I have what I 'think' is my final list, might switch 1 or 2 around.

Medium-large:

Anna Russian

Japanese Pink Oxheart

Orange Russian 117

Teton De Venus- Obtained seed from source in France, great tomato shape

Thieneman's Austrailian Heart

Ukranian Heart

Brad's Black Heart

Carbon

Pruden Purple

Chianti Rose

Sugar Beefsteak

TeePee

Cherokee Green

Aunt Ruby's German Green

Anana's Noire

Indian Stripe

Cherry small-large:

Mirabell

Cerese Orange

Coyote

Ruby Pearl

Rosalita

Brandywine Cherry

Black Cherry

Italian Noire

Hawaiian Currant

Red Calabash

Anna Aasa

God Love

It might seem like I'm gonna be swimming in cherries, but I plan on doing what another tomato grower does. Just plant 2 cherry types together and let them duke it out. I'm not looking for quanity with the cherries, I just want to try all these types. I've decided to let mother nature take it's course and not prune. I do have more seed for different types (was gonna prune very heavy and plant more types in the same space), but decided against it. I have more than enough variety here to try with these choices and ....I SWEAR I AM NOT BUYING ANY MORE SEED, LOL.

I'm also gonna winter sow my tomato seeds this year and try for a mid May or late May plant out. Have also switched to organic fertilizer, Neptune's Fish/Seaweed liquid fert.

What plans do you all have here so far?

Melissa

Comments (86)

  • tania_in_vancouver
    15 years ago

    I will be growing fewer varieties in 2009 but more plants of each variety. Unfortunately my 2009 list is still too long to post here - so see the link below.

    Most of the varieties will be new to me, the rest will be grown to refresh my seed stock.

    I hope 2009 will be a better year for us, PNWers, as we had enough of these late and cold summers in the last couple of years.

    I wish you all enjoyable and rewarding seed starting. :)

    Tania

    Here is a link that might be useful: My 2009 tomato list

  • jll0306
    15 years ago

    Okie-dokie, here's part two of my list.

    I seeded these today.

    Sun sugar Cherry
    Gold Nugget Cherry
    Husky Cherry Pink
    Orange Pixie
    Purple Calabash
    Green Zebra
    Jaune Flamme
    Italian Gold
    Black Sea Man
    Gregori's Altai
    Omar's Lebanese
    Manalucie
    Azoychka
    Amish Salad

    As soon as these four arrive from Sand Hill, my 2009 spring season will be complete:

    Red Star
    Danko
    Dora
    Ten Fingers of Naples

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  • orchard_lambabbey_com
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  • mtbigfigh
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    Tomato  Grandfather Ashlock
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  • carolyn137
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  • noinwi
    15 years ago

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  • ediej1209 AL Zn 7
    15 years ago

    My list for this year is mostly cherries:

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  • suburbangreen
    15 years ago

    Started these Jan. 15. I'll grow just one of most of these.

    Eva Purple Ball*
    Stupice*
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    Yamal
    San Marzano
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    Burgundy Traveler

    *grown before,

    Which of the new ones will impress me?

  • atascosa_tx
    15 years ago

    my list and new one's added...last year I had two gardens with a total of 34 toms, 32 squash plants, and about 28 pepper plants...I got way out of control..
    So this year and still gonna be big, hopefully will curb my will to grow them all (ya right)
    1) BHN 444
    2) BHN 589
    3) BHN 640
    4) Black Krim x2
    5) Brandywine Sudduth*
    6) Carbon
    7) Costoluto Genovese x2
    8) German Red Strawberry
    9) Giant Belgium

    1. KBX* x2
    2. Husky Red Cherry
    3. Kellogg's Breakfast
    4. Neves Azorean Red
    5. Olena Ukrainian
    6. Opalka x2
    7. San Marzano*
    8. Stump of the World*
      *= just added on

    Squash

    1) Golden Zucchini x4
    2) Straightneck (yellow)x4
    3) White Bush Vegetable Marrow (white) x4

    Cucumber

    Glorie de Paris x6

    Pepper

    Serrano pepper X4
    Habanero orange pepper x4
    Jalapeno M x4
    Jolokia x2
    Orange Bell pepper x4

    Here we grow again...sheez!

    Happy Gardening

  • jjs7741
    15 years ago

    Here is my "final" list as of right now. (It has already changed twice this week.)

    Anna Maria's Heart*
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    Aunt Gertie's Gold
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    Black Cherry
    Box Car Willie*
    Brandywine Red (Landis)
    Brandywine - Suddith
    Chapman*
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    Cherokee Purple*
    Cuostralee*
    Giant Belgium
    Earl of Edgecombe*
    German Red Strawberry*
    KBX*
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    Marianna's Peace
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    Opalka
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  • gerald51
    15 years ago

    My almost complete list. I have not grown any of these on my list, but I thought that I might give them a try this year.

    Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red
    Aker's West Virginia
    Eva Purple Ball
    Liz Birt
    Cherokee Purple
    Creole
    Box Car Willie
    Marianna's Peace
    Early Girl
    Sioux

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    Any recommendation would be helpful. My taste buds like a little more tang than sweet. Balanced is OK, but not just sweet tasting.

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  • cabrita
    15 years ago

    We are trying to sprout whatever sprouts. Many from trades here, some collected from random tasty tomatoes, some purchased. I do not always know the names or origin of the tomatoes since I save the seeds of the ones that taste good to me if I come across them. Tomatoes do not always come with labels....These have sprouted:

    Neves Azorean Red (trade)
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    Stupice (trade)
    Small vine clustered tomatoes *
    Medium vine clustered tomatoes *
    Dark napkin tomatoes **

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    ** A dark (black?) heirloom tomato seeds saved on a napkin because it was too delicious not to save seeds. Might be a black Tula, or a Black Krim or a purple Cherokee? or anything black-dark really. 5 out of 5 seeds sprouted :-) so far, yum yum yum....why should I care what it is called?

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    Kellogs Breakfast
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    Stump of the World
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    Carbon
    Aunt Ruby German Green
    Creole
    Mango

    Might also try to sprout some pretty old San Marzano seeds that a friend brought me from Italy a while back. They are old but there is a lot of them!

    If I get momotaro seeds (or seedlings) I will plant those too, the only (known) hybrid on my list.

    Probably not planting cherries since they 'plant themselves' quite prolifically. All volunteers in the garden are cherries. Sometimes I am tempted to uproot them and throw them in the compost pile but glad we saved some, the tomatoes we are eating now are mostly from tomato cherry volunteers. Actually, Campari hybrids offspring, second or third gen.

  • kimnc7
    15 years ago

    This is only our second year growing tomatoes; here is what we plan on packing our small plot with:

    Isis Candy Cherry
    Black Cherry
    Opalka
    Cherokee Green
    Lollipop
    Flamme
    Gold Currant
    Green Grape
    Cherokee Purple
    Yellow Pear (yes, I actually really like them)

    Good luck everyone!

  • bigdaddyj
    15 years ago

    List, as always, subject to change:

    My Must Grow List:

    Brandy Sudduth
    Marianna's Peace
    BrandyBoy
    NAR
    Chapman
    KBX
    Porterhouse
    Big Zac
    Big Beef
    Momotaro
    SunGold

    New this year:

    1. Gary'O Sena
    2. A few F3 plants from my favorite Brandywine/NAR cross plant of last season.

    Nothing else tempts me. I wish I could find one or two more newbies to try but it is what it is.

  • windclimber
    15 years ago

    Would like to grow these this year and add to our seed library if I can locate a couple of seeds each.
    Hermans Yellow
    Dixie Golden Heart
    Lillians Red Kansas
    Andrew Raharts Jumbo
    Myona
    Cliostrale'
    Dr.Lyle
    Juanne Flamme'
    Manyel

    Prue, Black and Brown Boar, NAR, and eight others from our collection should provide a tasting this summer extaordinair!!
    If it sounds like a who's who from the ledgendary book......................it is!!! I am unashamed to attempt to have the best tasting tomatoes in the world ;)

    Tom

  • horse_chick
    15 years ago

    I've started over 150 plants last month. Most will be in their 17" brow pots before February ends.

    I have:

    Jellybean - a grape type I'm trying for the first time
    Black Russian - my alltime favorite
    Brandywine
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    Better Boy - my husband likes them and they have high yield for me
    Roma - for canning
    Purple Russian - a plum type that will be replacing Roma if yield and taste are good
    Eva Purple Ball - new for me
    BNH444 - another new one
    Rutgers - first time
    Super Marmande - first time
    German Johnson Pink Tomato - first time

  • bdobs
    15 years ago

    Here is my short little list...so far

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    Red Brandy RL
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    15 years ago

    My list is even shorter;

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  • dave1mn2
    15 years ago

    2009 Grow list.

    Small Plants, Early Production.

    Reds

    Red Robin, There is no reason to ever be without this tasty, tiny, idiot proof variety. At least 2 plants **

    Sprite, The Wife requires at least one. **

    Yellows

    Taxi, Only grown once with inconsistant results but some had exceptional flavor. Probably 2 plants. **

    Mid season.

    Carolina Gold, Workhorse, 1 plant. **

    Mid Season, Mid sized.

    Reds,

    Jet Star, Another workhorse, 1 **

    Pinks,

    Missouri Pink Love Apple, A must have. At least 3 plants **

    Greens,

    Cherokee Green, Never had a green when ripe. 2

    Multi colored,

    Lucky Cross, 2

    Golden Queen, 2

    Tall, Early,

    Gardener's Delight. Yes it is! Maybe 2 **

    Tall, Mid-season.

    Brandywine OTV, A least 2 **

    Lemon Boy, Workhorse, 1 plant **

    Yellow Pear, 1 **

    Tall, Late.

    Cherokee Purple, At least 3 **

    Indian Stripe, 2

    Huge, Late.

    Black Cherry, maybe 2 **

    German Queen. A fiincky plant but the taste is worth it. At least 3 **

    Two versions of an un-named family red cherry. 2 each.

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  • jll0306
    15 years ago

    ah, to heck with it...there's always room for ne more container I say. Here are the part 3(spring) garden additions.

    Tiny Tim
    New Big Dwarf
    Aurora
    Chudo Rynka
    Pipo
    Prairie Fire
    Tiger Like
    Principe Borghese
    Native Sun

    Fortunately, I'm almost out of planting time. But of course, I have another twenty-mumble-mumble varieties waiting for the fall garden.

    Jan

  • simmran1
    15 years ago

    Hybrids-

    BallÂs Beefsteak
    Bella Rosa
    Best Boy
    Big Beef
    Champion II
    Margo
    Ramapo
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    Akers West Virginia
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    Big Bite
    Bradley
    Buddy
    Carmello
    Chapman
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    KelloggÂs Breakfast
    Kalinka
    Kosovo
    Legend
    MariannaÂs Peace
    Moskovich
    Moscow Bush
    Neves Azorean Red
    Redfield Beauty
    Rowdy Red
    Sunsets Red Horizon


  • daylilydude
    15 years ago

    Chocolate Stripes
    Jack Johnson
    Absinthe
    Charlie's Green
    Malachite Box
    Grandma Oliver's Green
    Grub's Mystery Green
    Aunt Ruby's German Green Cherry
    Vorlon
    Spudakee
    JD's Special C-Tex
    African Beefsteak
    Pink Grapefruit
    TYW
    Top Sirloin
    Blagojevich
    Fantom Da Laos
    Berkeley Tie Dye Heart
    Uncle Charlie's Giant Italian Pear
    Pork Chop
    Green Bomb
    Potato Leaf White
    Indain Stripe
    Early Girl
    Tigerette Red
    Tigerette Yellow

  • tee510
    15 years ago

    BIG BEEF,BIG BOY,BEEFMASTER,JET STAR,BRANDYWINE PINK,LARGE RED CHERRY,SUPERSWEET 100 CHERRY.

  • booberry85
    15 years ago

    I've already changed my list twice since I first made it up in January! I'm in another tomato seed swap so it might change a little once again. I'm planning on planting 2 plants of each. Anyway, here's the line up:

    Abe Lincoln,
    Alicante,
    Azoychka,
    Brown Berry,
    Blondkopfchen,
    Bloody Butcher,
    Cherokee Purple (or Black from Tula),
    Carbon,
    Crnkovic Yugoslavian,
    Druzba,
    Green Zebra,
    JDÂs Special C-Tex,
    Lancaster Pink,
    Legend,
    Mule Team,
    Paul Robeson,
    Plum Lemon,
    Sarnowski Polish Plum,
    Siberian,
    Sub Arctic Plenty,
    TimÂs Black Ruffle,
    Tommy Toe,
    Ukrainian Pear

    I have an "alternates" list which is twice as long. LOL! It's in case any of these don't germinate.

  • bdobs
    15 years ago

    Tomatoes :)

  • catman529
    15 years ago

    OK - I think I have my list complete. All seeds are started and I await their germination. This is what I'm growing, how many I'm growing and where I'm growing them:

    {{gwi:1291467}}

    I have room for 16 plants in the garden and will grow a few in containers as well. All the others will be given away to friends.

  • the_tank
    15 years ago

    Akins West VA
    Aunt Rubys German Green
    Black From Tula
    Black Krim
    Bloody Butcher
    Brandywine
    Charlies Green
    Cherokee Green
    Cherokee Purple
    Clint Eastwood
    Crnkovic Yugoslavian
    Dr. Wyches
    Evergreen
    Gold Medal
    Hillbilly and Royal Hillbilly
    Italian Tree
    Japanese Black Trifelle
    Kellogs Breakfast
    Mexican Midget
    Moon Glow
    Neves Azorean Red
    Sioux
    Sungold

  • joecessna
    15 years ago

    Brandywine - Sudduth Strain
    Cherokee Chocolate
    Cherokee Green
    Marianna's Peace
    Black Krim
    Giant Belgium
    Sungold
    Green Doctors
    Dr. Carolyn
    Flamme
    Kimberly
    Galina
    Bi-Color Cherry
    Black Cherry

  • highalttransplant
    15 years ago

    With over 80 different varieties, and room for no more than 10 plants, I'm struggling to narrow it down. I'll post the list once the seeds are in the dirt.

    Bonnie

  • catman529
    15 years ago

    80 varieties and room for only 10 plants? I thought I had too many with 15 varieties and room for 16 if I plant mostly 2 of each variety...

  • highalttransplant
    15 years ago

    It's called S.A.D. (Seed Acquisition Disorder), LOL.

  • catman529
    15 years ago

    If I had an extra grow light and more varieties, believe me I would grow as much as I could and then would have to chose 8 or 9 varieties to put in the garden.

  • indy76km
    15 years ago

    San Marzano
    Moskvich
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    I might get brave and try something thats not red lol

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    15 years ago

    Quarter Century
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    15 years ago

    Cherokee Purple
    Earl of Edgecomb
    NAR
    Old Brooks
    Prue
    Brandywine Red
    Super Sioux

    New for this year

    Break O Day
    Bulgarian #7
    Cuostralee
    Camp Joy

    We have killer gophers here and everything--I mean everything has to go in wire baskets or raised beds with wire bottoms or large containers. It gets a little expensive, but if you want to see the fruits of your labor then this is what it takes. We had to fence the deer out too.

    Good luck to all.
    Bette

  • megadena
    15 years ago

    Stupice
    Speckled Roman
    Anna Russian
    Brandywine
    Black Krim
    Aunt Ruby's German Green
    Black Cherry
    Opalka
    Red Jellybean
    Better Boy
    Sweet 100
    Jersey Devil
    Zapotec
    White Beauty
    Blondkuchen
    Kellogs
    Sungold
    Nyagous
    Neves Azoran Red
    Green Grape

    This will be my first summer at our first home. Last year we just got 7 plants in - 4 early girls - meh - 1 Cherokee purple - not productive enough - one Arkansas traveler - and one forgotten plant. So all new varieties for us this year after much studying Amy Goldman's The Heirloom Tomato and this forum.

  • catman529
    15 years ago

    I am jealous of these long lists I'm seeing. Someday I will have the room though...someday...

  • duajones_gmail_com
    15 years ago

    Summertime Improved in my above post is not correct, it should be Improved Summertime

  • foundineyre
    14 years ago

    To say I am planting in 2009 I guess is rather premature but I am planting a wish list in 2009. I am most certainly a novice and have been combing this and other websites for a wide variety of tomatoes. When I do plant it will most likely need to be a small garden with vegetables only for my own enjoyment and sustenance. Any advice, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My dream garden is awaiting in the future... an organic block style raised bed sort of thing.

    The list (I keep adding but it needs to be shortened)

    Yellow: Willard Wynn
    Hybrid: Mountain Pride F1, Ramapo F1
    Oxheart: Anna Russian
    Cherry: Black Cherry
    Orange: Kellog's Breakfast
    Bi-color: Hillbilly
    Beefsteak: Brandywine Sudduth's Strain, Marianna's Peace, Mortgage Lifter
    Black: Cherokee Purple

    By the way I am a sucker for the cool names - I haven't actually tried any of these. I grew up with Big Boy tomatoes and other more "traditional" plain looking ones.

    Thanks,

    Rachael

  • tammysf
    14 years ago

    This is my first year gardening.

    I have 2 raised beds and 12 tomatoes, 6 melon, 1 cuke, 1 zuke, 1 peppern arugala, beans. Garlic cives, herbs.

    My toms (I am doing 2 of most of them)

    Black krim
    Big beef
    Marvel striped
    Oaxacan jewel
    San marzano
    Sungold
    Sugar snack
    Sun sugar
    Stupice

    Here is a link that might be useful: pics of my toms

  • tn_veggie_gardner
    14 years ago

    Tammy: Lookin' nice. :) How long did you have to wait for your Meyer to start blooming...1 year...2 years? I just got my lime today in the mail! Yay! Extra Yay because I made the mistake of ordering it from Spring Hill and I actually got a very healthy looking plant...lol.

    Anyways, with my extremely limited container garden on an apartment porch space, I am only growing Cherry, Early Girl, San Marzano Organic & Yellow tomatoes this year. Of course, if I told you everything else i'm growing you'd think i'd need 4 pirches for it all. =)

  • tammysf
    14 years ago

    Steve (TN_VG_GDN)

    We just bought this house and moved in thanksgiving and the meyer was here. My parents live 2 blocks away and have one as well. They are wonderful trees. The fruit are so juicy.

    Our next door neighbors were given a potted dwarf meyer last june and it was flowering and had small but ripe fruit. Tree trunk about the width of my thumb and I thought the tree was abour 3 years but could be wrong.

    What kind of lime did you get? I think I am gonna order a bearss soon. I love me some mojitos.

  • tn_veggie_gardner
    14 years ago

    Dwarf Lime...not sure on the variety cuz it's late & i'm tired...lol...Meyer maybe? It's only about 10 inches tall, but looks very healthy. I'm hoping for maybe a handful of limes next year then a good bit the year after, but I guess i'll wait & see. I have plenty of raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, maters, peppers (hot, sweet, bell, etc.), herbs, etc. to keep me satisfied for this year. =)

    - Steve

  • lantanascape
    14 years ago

    I'm jealous of all of you who have the time and space to plant so many varieties. My 13 plants will certainly give me plenty of tomatoey goodness, but there are so many varieties I'd like to grow - ones I've grown in the past and loved, and ones I've heard great things about and am intrigued by. Anyway, here is my short list:

    Opalka (4 plants for some canning)
    Isis candy
    Red currant
    Kellogg's Breakfast
    Giant Belgium
    Stupice
    Earl's Faux
    Orange Russian
    Black from Tula
    Bush Goliath (a plant I bought hoping to get some early fruit)

  • dkmarsh
    14 years ago

    In the ground on May 16:

    Black Krim
    Cherokee Purple
    Dixie Golden Giant
    Ilse's Yellow Latvian
    Stupice
    Yellow Pear (freebie from TomatoFest)

    Not quite big enough yet:

    Zarnitza (supposed to be early and prolific; ironically, these were the last to germinate)

    - - - - -

    In a fantasy world, I'd have the time and space to plant many more varieties, but in this world, I kind of like the challenge of fitting blacks, yellows, and reds; early, mid-season, and late; big, medium, and small; and salsa, sauce, salad and slicers into a total of 7 plants.

  • jeremyjs
    14 years ago

    pink brandywine
    big beef
    delicious
    better boy
    mortgage lifter

    I think next year I'm going to choose a couple of my favorite of these 5 beefsteaks types and then fill the rest of my space with different types. Like maybe a black/purple variety, a paste and an oxheart or two.

  • vtguitargirl
    14 years ago

    2 Prudens Purple (a family favorite)
    1 Cherokee Purple (a very close second)
    1 Jaunne Flamme (delicious & early)
    4 San Marzano (new variety for me)

    All transplants went in the ground 2 days ago using my adaptation of Earls hole method.

  • llaz
    14 years ago

    Weather cooperating,I'll be putting the seedlings in the ground during the week coming up. I'm trying a bunch of new varieties this year, including a bunch from Brad Gates Wild Boar Farms.

    Here's a list of the new ones:

    Wild Boar Farms:
    Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye
    Dino Eggs
    Haley's Purple Comet
    Large Barred Boar
    Black & Brown Boar
    Pork Chop
    Beauty King
    Brad's Black Heart

    Other new one's:
    Aunt Ruby's German Green Cherry
    Negro Azteca
    Honkin' Big Black Cherry
    Cherokee Green
    Italian Ponderosa
    Martin
    Gajo de Melon
    Grub's Mystery Green

    Old favorites:
    Rose de Berne
    Jaune Flamee
    Paul Robeson
    Robeson Angolan
    Green Zebra
    Grappoli Corbarino
    Woodle Orange
    Thessaloniki
    Neve's Azorean Red
    Richardson
    Hopkins

    Lou