Demand for W.Va. 63 Tomato Seeds Outstrips Supply
By: The Associated Press Email
Posted: Mon 2:47 PM, Mar 11, 2013
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) -- The re-release of seeds of a West Virginia tomato developed 50 years ago has been a hit with home gardeners.
The West Virginia University Extension Service began offering one free packet per household of the West Virginia 63 tomato seeds on March 4.
Associate Director Ann Bailey Berry says the supply of seeds has already have been depleted.
Berry says the extension service received nearly 19,000 requests for the seeds as of Friday.
The blight-resistant tomato was developed at WVU as part of the state's centennial celebration in 1963. The seeds were re-released for this year's sesquicentennial celebration.
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