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New Heirloom Offerings for Your Garden

‘Cancelmo Family Heirloom’ Tomato

Craig LeHoullier (author of “The Big Idea Behind Dwarf Tomatoes” on Page 46) sent this cultivar to Victory Seeds after he received seeds from Walt Swokla of Connecticut, who found the seeds in his late father’s freezer. Swokla’s grandmother had brought the seeds to the United States from Popoli, Italy, in

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