So it is not a ball.....

[Bryan24]

But then what the heck is it?? F2 seeds, apparently.

Back to the beginning. Bryan starts growing tomatos as a hobby. So I got him THE BOOK. In it he found Livingston Gold Ball. Lovely fruit, he fell for the little golden globes. Then he saw "not commercially available" under the discription. So, immagine his glee at finding a listing for Livingston Gold Ball on Tomato Bob website. So, he ordered said seeds.

This year we get fruit. Two plants produce 2-4oz little golden globes. One plant produces the juciest cherries I have ever encountered. And, apparently, two other plants have these wonderful 2-6oz bi-colors (orange and red). These fruit are the single tastiest tomato out of the garden this year. Four lobes per fruit, in a little lobe, big lobe, little lobe, big lobe format. Beautiful to look at. Almost a salty tang to them.

I will have to save seeds. But I thought I would ask what you all think I sould do with this little lovely.

thanks
laurel-tx

[carolyn137]

Laurel,

The availability of varieties in my book was as of Fall,1998, when the text was written.

Much has changed since then with several varieties. In 1998 92 of the 100 varieties were available commercially and the other 8 via SSE Yearbook for members. My Editor insisted that ALL varieties be publically available, and I agreed completely/

Gold Ball is sold by SandHill Preservation who also list most of the varieties in my book bc Glenn asked me to send him all the book varieties that he wasn't already carrying. He still has a few more to go.

Many folks have had problems with seeds from Tomato Bob/

If I were you and you have the space and time if there's anything you like why not save the F2 seeds and dehybridize, making selections each generation, until you get what you like in an OP form. It sure looks like what you got were crossed seeds for most of the plants.

[Bryan24]

Thanks for the info about Sandhill, Bryan will be very happy to try the real thing.

I think I will have to try to get this bi-color to OP. It's simply wonderful........

laurel-tx