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Re:Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible by watwut on Monday August 02, 2021 @12:15PM (#28038613)
Yep. You have to grow own tomatoes to have good ones. Which is something only few people are willing and have option to do.
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Re:Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible by hoseja on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @03:08AM (#28046437)
Except the available seeds are probably decreasing in quality as well.
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Re:Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible by Vrondi on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:07PM (#28054240)
No, there are places dedicated to preserving and making available heirloom seeds.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange: https://www.southernexposure.com/

Seed Savers Exchange https://www.seedsavers.org/

Open Source Seed Initiative partners with multiple seed exchanges: https://osseeds.org/

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Re:Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible by bserge on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:08AM (#28048226)
Is there a market for good tasting tomato seeds? :D

It's actually fascinating - I remember my grandmother scooping out the seeds out of vegetables and drying them, to be used next year.

The villagers also traded them as apparently they had different varieties.

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Re:Red delicious apples weren’t always horrible by dekhn on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @09:54AM (#28049194)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_Seeds_and_Plants
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