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BetNC said:I grew Celebrity last year and it produced very juicy, good tasting uniform tomatoes. I ate everything but the stem. . . and then licked my fingers!! The plant performed so well and its fruit was the tasti-est. . . so I'm regrowing it this year!!

I understand the difference between hybrid and heirloom. . . . but when it comes to OP, I'm rather lost. I THINK it's another moniker for hybrid, as the flowers are pollinated by whoever from where-ever, so it doesn't breed true..as opposed to heirlooms, whose flowers are self-pollinated, so it breeds true. Have I got it right??

Bet, to maybe add a little additional clarification to FarmerDill and Rita's posts... "open pollinated" doesn't mean "allowed to cross with something else." Tomatoes tend to be self pollinating so the chance of crossing is lower than with a lot of things, but to ensure "true" seed precautions should be taken to isolate the plants or the flowers from which seed will eventually be saved. Also, heirlooms are no more (or less) self pollinating than any other tomatoes; hybrids are deliberate crosses created by hand pollination.

Yes, it is confusing (but fun!)