Tomatoes from my trip to Sicily

[Sicilianu]

I went back this summer to my birthplace, Sicily and found traditional tomato varieties.

These are assorted tomato varieties from my village Alcara Li Fusi in the Nebrodi Mountains of Northeastern Sicily.  
There are two cherry types which may show up in the pictures.  One which is completely sphere-shaped is traditional to my area, but the other which is more of an oval/grape cherry tomato is not traditional and is a recent popular commercial Italian cultivar.

The fruits below are of landrace(s) used for making sauce.

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This one at first look might seem to be some kind of bicolor, but it seemed to just have yellowish "green shoulders."
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The photo below is of landraces used primarily for salads (as mentioned earlier the oval-shaped cherries are not traditional but the spherical ones are).

[img alt="" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/11845033024_22c533f815.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"]

[Doug9345]

I have no idea why your images didn't show. There's been a problem with them since a software update awhile ago.

I'll just put the links below. They are interesting looking tomatoes.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/1...83d5415b2c.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/1...22c533f815.jpg

[Patihum]

Really nice looking tomatoes and how exciting for you to go back there. Need I ask if you collected lots of seeds?

[Dorian]

Wonderful looking tomatoes , would they grow well in a northeastern canadian climate ?

[brokenbar]

The first pic looks like a Costoluto of some kind?

[rxkeith]

my moms folks immigrated from sicily.

did you happen to notice any unique pole bean varieties while you were there.
beans go good with tomatoes just to stay on topic.


keith

[peppero]

Nice pix, makes me hungry.

jon

[Sicilianu]

[QUOTE=Sicilianu;394456]I went back this summer to my birthplace, Sicily and found traditional tomato varieties.

These are assorted tomato varieties from my village Alcara Li Fusi in the Nebrodi Mountains of Northeastern Sicily.  
There are two cherry types which may show up in the pictures.  One which is completely sphere-shaped is traditional to my area, but the other which is more of an oval/grape cherry tomato is not traditional and is a recent popular commercial Italian cultivar.

The fruits below are of landrace(s) used for making sauce.









This one at first look might seem to be some kind of bicolor, but it seemed to just have yellowish "green shoulders."






The photo below is of landraces used primarily for salads (as mentioned earlier the oval-shaped cherries are not traditional but the spherical ones are).

[Sicilianu]

Yah I took back lots of seeds! & rxkeith, they have a pole bean called "ureddi 'i porcu" which means "pork intestines because of its characteristic shape. I will try to get a picture of it soon. (& I took seeds back from this one too!)