Tomato Porn from Wild Boar Farms

Hunt-Grow-Cook · September 20, 2016

I had the pleasure of working Brads farm a few weeks back, helping pick and process tomatoes for seed. These were the take home that day. Brad was generous enough to pay me in tomatoes that I got to hand pick from his garden, much more valuable to a tomato nerd than any amount of money. It truly was a memorable experience. Brad is a class act, and has a true passion for tomatoes and life in general. Brad if you see this....Thank you again sir!

p.s. I already promised Brad I wouldn't divulge any info on unreleased varieties nor would I share seed from said varieties, so please don't ask.

ginger2778 · September 20, 2016

Great looking group! Lucky lucky you!

PhilaGardener · September 20, 2016

I hope you have a lot of garden space

JosephineRose · September 21, 2016

Better than gold, I'd say!

Barb_FL · September 21, 2016

They are beautiful. You were 'paid' well for your efforts.

It sounds like Brad has a lot of new tomatoes for '17.

Hunt-Grow-Cook · September 22, 2016

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Originally Posted by Barb_FL

They are beautiful. You were 'paid' well for your efforts.

It sounds like Brad has a lot of new tomatoes for '17.

Thanks Barb. It was a real pleasure. Of the pictures of me holding the fruit only two are "new," the small pointed cherry with antho and the "green zebra looking" antho one. The others are Green Zebra Cherry, Blue Gold, and Candy Sweet Icicle. Some new stuff mixed in the bigger tomatoes as well. He definitely has some things in the works, I would anticipate a few new releases this year.

salix · September 22, 2016

Much better than gold, looks like a pirate's treasure trove of sparkling jewels! You must feel rich indeed.

swellcat · September 22, 2016

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. . . much more valuable to a tomato nerd than any amount of money . . .

Cool observation.

upcountrygirl · September 25, 2016

Is there some Dark Queen tomatoes in those pictures? They sounded interesting when I checked his site but it said he was sold out of seed for them...

Hunt-Grow-Cook · October 31, 2016

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Originally Posted by upcountrygirl

Is there some Dark Queen tomatoes in those pictures? They sounded interesting when I checked his site but it said he was sold out of seed for them...

There is a couple Dark Queen there, they were great. All varieties should be in stock now. I have no experience growing it, but I have grown the Pink Berkley tie Dye that it is an improvement of. PBTD has been a must grow for several years for me.

Allisa · November 2, 2016

Hi! What's the name of the striped heart? Crushed Heart by chance?

disneynut1977 · October 31, 2016

Now that Brad has released his seed stock for 2017, how did you like the Napa Chardonnay cherries? I order these along w/ a few others.

Hunt-Grow-Cook · October 31, 2016

I do believe I tried the Napa chardonnay and it was tasty. If I'm not mistaken, Brad found the large cream colored segregation in a row of Napa rose. Of all his new releases I am most excited for the Atomic Grape. I actually harvested quite a few of these because of looks and taste while working his farm, before he had actually had a name for it.

September 22, 2016	#7
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Much better than gold, looks like a pirate's treasure trove of sparkling jewels! You must feel rich indeed. __________________ "He who has a library and a garden wants for nothing." -Cicero

October 31, 2016	#12
disneynut1977 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: CNY zone 5 Posts: 179	Now that Brad has released his seed stock for 2017, how did you like the Napa Chardonnay cherries? I order these along w/ a few others. __________________ Melissa1977 Zone 5 CNY

September 20, 2016	#2
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Great looking group! Lucky lucky you!

September 20, 2016	#3
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	I hope you have a lot of garden space

September 21, 2016	#4
JosephineRose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: California Posts: 383	Better than gold, I'd say!

September 21, 2016	#5
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 2,000	They are beautiful. You were 'paid' well for your efforts. It sounds like Brad has a lot of new tomatoes for '17.

September 25, 2016	#9
upcountrygirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: south carolina Posts: 562	Is there some Dark Queen tomatoes in those pictures? They sounded interesting when I checked his site but it said he was sold out of seed for them...

November 2, 2016	#11
Allisa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Oregon Posts: 176	Hi! What's the name of the striped heart? Crushed Heart by chance?

October 31, 2016	#13
Hunt-Grow-Cook Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 360	I do believe I tried the Napa chardonnay and it was tasty. If I'm not mistaken, Brad found the large cream colored segregation in a row of Napa rose. Of all his new releases I am most excited for the Atomic Grape. I actually harvested quite a few of these because of looks and taste while working his farm, before he had actually had a name for it.