Holy Land aka Holyland Mystery Maters: More

This is what Dr. Carolyn Male had to say in reference to a query about a yellow strain of Holy Land, aka Holyland, on GardenWeb in 2009:

"There is what's called a yellow strain of Holyland which is the gold/re bicolor mentioned above but the original Holyland variety has been listed in the SSE Yearbooks since about 1987. "There are three possible backgrounds as listed by different folks in the SSE YEarbooks. "One says a Rev Giles brought it back from Israel. "A second says it was brought back from a restaurant wrapped in a napkin, from Palestine. "And it's suggested by some that it originated in Palestine, Ohio. "I went back to my 1986 SSE Yearbook only to find that it probably was first listed in 1984 by Gary Staley, FL, but before 1986 varieties were listed by state and within state alphabetically by SSE member and it's a bummer X 10 to do any searches, and besides, I don't have any of those old Yearbooks near me except for the 1980 and it's so small that I could easily check and Gary Staley wasn't offering anything in the 1980 Yearbook. "So take your pick of backgrounds as to the original variety Holyland which is indet, RL and has 'large' red globe shaped fruits as described by those who grew it in the early 90's." So now I'm really curious, since there was no mention of the wispy leaf gene - and I'm interested in those long elegant buds - like the eyelashes of a green giraffe. I'd lay my money on an elongated French or Italian type. For what it's worth, you can see a photo of Holy Land, Yellow Strain, at Tatiana's Tomatobase here: http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Holy_Land,_Yellow_Strain