"wild" cherry tomato growing in hollywood???

[heirloomdaddy]

Hey guys-

Found this champ down the street from my house in hollywood. It's growing in front of an uninhabited house, and looks like it just worked its way through the fence/landscaping!

I don't recognize this variety at all, as I know of only one cherry with a nipple, and that is riesentraube. This is not that, as the flower clusters are typical.

The foliage is beautiful...and some leaves almost trend toward PL. More importantly, the plant is very hardy. We'll see how it tastes!

Any ideas? maybe an f2 from a popular hybrid? Either way, it thrives on neglect and competition

matt

[tam91]

How about tomatoberry?

Here's a photo (from a random site)

http://www.scnla.com/Tomato%20F1%20%...oberry%27.html

Take a cutting of it perhaps...

[OneoftheEarls]

nice post.....I'd love to find that....I do find asparagus

[brokenbar]

Originally Posted by OneoftheEarls

nice post.....I'd love to find that....I do find asparagus

Asparagus grew wild all over Wyoming. You would find it along the ditch banks and canals. People said it had a stronger nuttier flavor than store asparagus. I don't eat asparagus so never tried any.

[FILMNET]

We had one Tomatberry which came from Sungold f1 seeds last year , both came from Japan as hybrids, the tomaberry had terrible taste, just like a store tomato.

[carolyn137]

I doubt it's a variety you'll ever identify.

Maybe bird transmitted from somewhere, who knows where, and could be a similar occurence to what was found growing in the shrubbery outside a McDonalds somewhere, as in someone disposing of a salad or something else with tomatoes in it with a toss off.

Someone could have been walking down that sidewalk and dropped some food.

Are you near enough to keep an eye or two on it and harvest some ripe frutis to eat and for seeds?

Why not?

[heirloomdaddy]

I will be visiting (and re-visiting) the plant often..it's a stone's throw from my home. I will most certainly be tasting it, and saving seed if its any good!