I forgot POINT OF VIEW (Sanford Roberts 92), really a wonderful, bright red. I like SWAN POND, a white by Helen (?) Dougherty (1981). Also her (or Everett's ?) INDIAN RIPPLE (1997). Also the wonderful REGENCY HEIGHTS (1991). Also SNOWFLAKE EMPRESS (1995). Gossards. GREAT RED DRAGON (2006), VENUS FLYTRAP (2007); color not good for a couple of years but now looks just like his pictures. NEON FLAMINGO (2006). Are these too new for you? Pat Cochenour's MYSTIC PIZZA (2003) is another wonderful red. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM (Phil Adams 1995). How I wish I'd stocked up on more of his plants. I don't have enough of them. All by Dave Niswonger: COMET TRAIL (2001), FURNACES OF BABYLON (1998), MISSOURI GOLD (2006), ROCKET BLAST (2001). Bud Bennett's WILD CHERRY WINE (2004). Margo's BROWN WITCH (1999). MOUNTAIN LACE (Pryor 2003). Very pretty lavender. TOPGUNS DRIPPING GOLD (Bob Scott 2004). Which I saw in a convention garden and had to have. ROCK SOLID (Stamile 02). HIS SISTER PAM (Yost 2009). Too new to be old? It was slow to get going but is really superb. LAST MAN STANDING (Benz 00). A fabulous late. SWALLOW TAIL KITE (Hanson 1998). From Arthur Kroll, another former hybridizer who used to live locally, MARDI GRAS PARADE (1992) and OLE' OLE' (1995). MABOU (Mason 2003).

Newer version of Annie's Salsa - BWB only Annie's Salsa 8 cups tomatoes, peeled, chopped and drained 2 1/2 cups chopped onion 1 1/2 cups chopped green pepper 3 to 5 chopped jalapenos (for milder leave out seeds and ribs) 6 cloves minced garlic 2 tsp cumin (optional) 2 tsp pepper 1/8 cup canning salt 1/4 c fresh cilantro (optional) 1/3 c sugar (optional) 1 cup cider vinegar (see note on subbing lemon or lime juice option) 16 oz canned tomato sauce (to adjust density) 8-16 oz canned tomato paste (to adjust density) Mix all ingredients, bring to a boil, boil 10 minutes. Pour into hot jars, process pints for 15 minutes in BWB. Makes 6 pints. _________ A lot of changes have been made to this recipe over the years. Some people like lemon or lime juice in place of some or all of the vinegar, that's fine. (Note from Sheila - I like half lemon half lime.) Some people leave out the cilantro, that's fine too. Do not increase! Some people add more hot peppers or fewer onions, fine as long as you keep the same total measurements. (Note this is what NCHFP does in their new Choice Salsa recipe.) Some people leave out the sugar, that's fine. You can scoop out the goo in the middle of the tomatoes with your thumbs when I'm peeling and chopping for a less seedy version, so it's 8 cups of chopped tomatoes without the seeds and goo. Most who make it regularly as well as Annie recommend using a variety of different slicing tomatoes, not paste types, for best flavor and consistency. (Note: use the tomato sauce and paste to adjust the consistency of the final product to a "sloshy" consistency.) According to Annie "My salsa is not as thick as Heinz catsup but it's thicker than taco sauce. If you don't like it quite as thick or sweet, cut down the amount of paste. I would add some, then taste. Reducing that ingredient shouldn't affect the safety of the recipe. I use equal amounts of sauce and paste. You can pull it off the heat at any point and adjust for flavor. Before I cook it I check for salt, sugar, check the consistency. Add more pepper or cumin if I want. When I first started making this salsa, tomato sauce and paste came in 8 and 16 ounce cans. Like everything else, they've now been downsized, so now I have to use partial cans." Does anybody have good versions of the other recipes that have weird symbols in them for measurements?

Morning all! Fran, I put in a bit more postage than what it was for me to mail my package to you. I don't think that I'll get back what I sent because we have a lot of veggie growers here, BUT if by chanace you dont have enough postage I'd be happy to send more if you need it to get my package back to me. I'm so glad that I bought the veggie seeds, I could almost hear how excited people were when I offered them up for grabs! Thank you to anyone who sent flowers in for me, I assure you that every single seed will find a good home. Lisa

Janet, I've just begun to collect Spiders and UFOs this year, so I can't help you with any long term results with those. But here's a few that have performed well every year for me: Atlanta Moonlight - high bud count, long bloomer Prairie Blue Eyes - have 5 clumps surrounding an old tree stump, and they bloom for 6 weeks+ Lavender Deal - large flowers Hyperion - an heirloom, hight bud count, tall Pardon Me - blooms all season, outperforming Stella D'oro! Always Afternoon - increases well Wineberry Candy - high bud cound, increases well Bonanza - a golden oldie Chicago Silver - long bloomer Final Touch - nice late bloomer Fuchsia Dream - ML bloomer, high bud count Indy Long Legs - blooms and blooms and blooms! James Marsh - high bud count, fast increaser Moonlit Masquerade - high bud count, very fertile, long bloomer Red Volunteer - one of the prettiest reds I've ever seen! Rocket City - heirloom, tough! Siloam Merle Kent - short, high bud count Summer Wine, - long bloomer, high bud count I could go on and on, but I've had these the longest, and they are some tough plants. I'm sure others can add to this list. Have fun planting! Julie