Any ID possibly??

Medbury Gardens · November 30, 2010

I know how difficult it is to identify tomatoes, but i thought its worth a try any way.
I was given seed of about 10 different tomatoes by a lady who's husband had recently died,he had been on a garden tour to my place a year or so earlier and had said to his wife that he would like me to carry on growing them.Unfortunately all but nine were only named as big red,small red, etc etc but there was one that had the name on the packet as "First Lady",this was the only one i grew,ive tried doing searches on that name but nothing seems to come up.

I found it to be a very vigorous growing plant that has ended up growing mid sized fruit which have now started to ripen,as you can see its white/yellow tomato.

Anyone recognize it???

habitat_gardener · November 30, 2010

I have seen a hybrid called First Lady for sale here. I haven't grown it.

travis · November 30, 2010

First Lady, First Lady II, and First Ladies are all round, red, early yielding (60 DTM), high disease resistant, hybrid tomatoes for the home garden.

There's one tomato in your picture that looks to be breaking yellow with the probability of going orange, and a lesser possibility of ending up crimson. Time will tell.

If your neighbor saved seeds from one of the original hybrid tomatoes mentioned above, you may have a fine example of a good, early, disease resistant tomato in some stage of segregation or stabilization.

Medbury Gardens · December 1, 2010

The plant in question doesn't really fit the bill as First Lady, First Lady II,because one,its not red and its by no means an early variety.I was lead to believe that the old guy grew this one for years so i'm thinking now that he's got the names mixed up some where along the line.

I'll give the fruit a few more days to mature and if the taste is no good its outa here.

Medbury Gardens · December 15, 2010

I was wrong, they have as seen in the photo turned out to be red.
My thoughts on the tomato is ,high producing, mid to late yielding,and taste very good.8/10.

If First Lady, First Lady II, and First Ladies are all hybrid tomatoes maybe the old guy had stabilized over the many years of growing it,all and all i'll be growing it again but which of the three could it be??

dice · December 16, 2010

First Ladies is probably too new:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/166207/

First Lady:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31124/

First Lady II:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/77392/

Either of those could have been his original source
of seeds. First Lady has been around the longest,
but your fruit look a little bigger than the 3-5 oz
described above.

Medbury Gardens · December 16, 2010

Ive just gone out and picked an average sized fruit and weighed it, 108g (3.8 ounce ),so it sounds about right for it being a stabilized First Lady.

If anyone wants seed PM me

November 30, 2010	#1
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Any ID possibly?? I know how difficult it is to identify tomatoes, but i thought its worth a try any way. I was given seed of about 10 different tomatoes by a lady who's husband had recently died,he had been on a garden tour to my place a year or so earlier and had said to his wife that he would like me to carry on growing them.Unfortunately all but nine were only named as big red,small red, etc etc but there was one that had the name on the packet as "First Lady",this was the only one i grew,ive tried doing searches on that name but nothing seems to come up. I found it to be a very vigorous growing plant that has ended up growing mid sized fruit which have now started to ripen,as you can see its white/yellow tomato. Anyone recognize it???

December 16, 2010	#6
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	First Ladies is probably too new: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/166207/ First Lady: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31124/ First Lady II: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/77392/ Either of those could have been his original source of seeds. First Lady has been around the longest, but your fruit look a little bigger than the 3-5 oz described above. __________________ -- alias

November 30, 2010	#2
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	I have seen a hybrid called First Lady for sale here. I haven't grown it.

November 30, 2010	#3
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	First Lady, First Lady II, and First Ladies are all round, red, early yielding (60 DTM), high disease resistant, hybrid tomatoes for the home garden. There's one tomato in your picture that looks to be breaking yellow with the probability of going orange, and a lesser possibility of ending up crimson. Time will tell. If your neighbor saved seeds from one of the original hybrid tomatoes mentioned above, you may have a fine example of a good, early, disease resistant tomato in some stage of segregation or stabilization.

December 1, 2010	#4
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	The plant in question doesn't really fit the bill as First Lady, First Lady II,because one,its not red and its by no means an early variety.I was lead to believe that the old guy grew this one for years so i'm thinking now that he's got the names mixed up some where along the line. I'll give the fruit a few more days to mature and if the taste is no good its outa here.

December 15, 2010	#5
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	I was wrong, they have as seen in the photo turned out to be red. My thoughts on the tomato is ,high producing, mid to late yielding,and taste very good.8/10. If First Lady, First Lady II, and First Ladies are all hybrid tomatoes maybe the old guy had stabilized over the many years of growing it,all and all i'll be growing it again but which of the three could it be??