Tatiana's 2011 tomato harvest

[Tania]

Originally Posted by ddsack

I agree on Hazel Mae! Hope you saved lots of seeds on that one.

I hope I will find some seeds in the tomato I have 3 more fruits on the plant.

Actually the Hazel Mae plant survived the blight, meaning that it continued to grow new foliage and produce fruit after the late blight outbreak in early July that killed all its neighbors in the same greenhouse (with another exception being Dr. Neal)

[Tania]

Originally Posted by Mark0820

Very nice harvest! I think I will be adding Gildo Pietroboni to my grow list for next year.

It is a great tomato, no doubt. I only got 1 fruit with very few seeds, so I will not be offering it this year, unfortunately. The plants did not survive the blight.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by Heritage

That's a beautiful display, Tania! Thanks for posting.

Did any of the plants exhibit blight resistance? (would they make good candidates for crosses?)

Steve,

I got a few varieties that I think I can qualify as 'survivors' - as they continued to grow and produce. Some of them may not have enough time left in the season to ripen fruit, but they still look healthy, so I will list them here also:

• Hazel Mae
• Cleota Pink
• Santa Cruz Cada
• Terhune
• Zolotaya Rapsodiya
• Legenda Tarasenko
• Banana Legs
• Islandaise
• Bradley
• Legend
• Hayslip
• Little Julia (currant)
• Maritime Pink
• unknown var that I got in a seed exchange labelled as 'Beauty Lottringa' which was clearly not

[Tania]

Originally Posted by Mudman

A visual smorgasbord, I love it! The Legenda Tarasenko looks so cool sliced, how do they taste?

It has a balanced but quite strong taste. I think it also will be perfect for pickling/canning.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by z_willus_d

Tania-


Your Alice's Egypt and Gildo Pietroboni look like they would make excellent paste tomatoes. Heck, I didn't see a single seed in that Gildo pic. I couldn't find much information on the Alice. Where is it from, lineage? How would you describe the flavor of the two? If they're any good, I think I'll grow both next year to help fill my pantries with sauce.


Thanks for sharing the harvest pics.
-naysen

naysen,

Alice and Alice's Egypt are different tomatoes. I have a bit more historical info on Alice's Egypt and Gildo Pietroboni at TOMATObase:

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Alice%27s_Egypt
http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Gildo_Pietroboni

Both are excellent. I loved them in salad. Rich and sweet, with very few seeds.

I will not be able to offer Gildo P. this year, as there is not enough seeds, but I may have more fruits from Alice's Egypt plants later, so I keep my figers crossed to collect more seeds.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by lakelady

Oh my goodness, they are making me hungry! I need to get the Ingegnoli Gigante Liscio, it looks absolutely delicious; how does it taste?

Are you offering these seeds for sale for 2012? I bought seeds from you for 2011 I did not plant, haha...but of course, I will need more.

They look lovely, thank you so much for sharing those delightful photos!

This one was a winner for me. Not sweet, but strong old-fashioned tomatoey flavor that stood out in a salad I made from it and Mr. Snow. I had to add some Pearly Pink Orange fruits (very sweet) to the salad, to have more surprising taste. All three tomatoes complimented each other very well in the salad.

The seeds are drying now, and should be available in the online catalog in a week.

[z_willus_d]

Thanks Tania, I should have thought to check your very useful and informative database on the Alice's Egypt. So, reading the notes, it sounds like that one is quite juicy and therefore perhaps not ideal for pasting in jars. How about the other. Which of these varieties would you say offer the best tomato paste potential while maintaining good sweet tomato flavor?

[Tania]

Originally Posted by z_willus_d

Thanks Tania, I should have thought to check your very useful and informative database on the Alice's Egypt. So, reading the notes, it sounds like that one is quite juicy and therefore perhaps not ideal for pasting in jars. How about the other. Which of these varieties would you say offer the best tomato paste potential while maintaining good sweet tomato flavor?

Palestinian was the first one that immediately came to my mind
http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Palestinian

Volovie Ukho is another suitable candidate - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Volovie_Ukho

Provenzano - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Provenzano

Petushinyi Grebeshok - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Petushinyi_Grebeshok

marek's Pointy Heart - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/M...s_Pointy_Heart

[z_willus_d]

Now there's a list of names with which I'm fully unfamiliar. They all look like great candidates. Thank you kindly for the suggestions.
-naysen

[Tania]

naysen,

I am glad I could be of help... I hope it was not too overwhelming...

[Tania]

Here are more tomatoes found and sampled this week -

#1 Absinthe
#2-4 Alice (so good!)
#5 Banana Legs
#6-7 Dr. Neal (seeds from Carolyn)
#8-10 Gold Medal (so sweet!)
#11 Hayslip
#12 Islandaise II
#13 Lyuda's Mom's Large Red Ukrainian (would be an awesome canner)
#14-13 Medovyi Spas
#16 Painted Ukrainian

[Tania]

I also picked a few ripe peppers, some of these were the first ripe fruits, hence often mis-shapen. These are all sweet peppers.

#1 Melrose
#2 Ozarowska
#3 Quadrato d'Asti Rosso
#4 Tequila Sunrise
#5 Trapez
#6 Etiuda

[Tania]

#17 Red Robin (2nd crop)
#18 Samson
#19-20 Sara Black
#21-22 Zolotaya Rapsodiya

[kath]

Mmmm...yummy looking!

[Tania]

More tomatoes from this week:

1 - Ross Salad Red
2-4 - Dwarf Wild Fred
5 - Sylvan Gaume (not sure it is correct)
6-7 - Una Hartsock's
8 - Little Julia (super sweet)
9-10 - Hazel Mae
11-12 - Medovyi
13-15 - Painted Ukrainian
16-18 - Dwarf Mr. Snow