Boutique Tomatoes progress

Boutique Tomatoes · September 29, 2017

Still plugging away, but getting closer the past few years. I've just about rounded out my color palate and am working on disease resistance and enhanced shelf life genetics now.

I do have one cherry line at F5 that I think is a OP release candidate. I don't know that it has any significant disease resistance, but the flavor and appearance are winners with the people who've tried it. These have the gs + Aft combination where the antho appearance is more concentrated in the stripes so on these 'white' lines they actually do show as purple.

I taste stonefruit, where my buddy who walks the field and tastes with me says he thinks it has a smoky taste. (but he wants to smoke everything, so that may just how his taste buds interpret good flavor)

I selected 2 plants this year for a larger grow out for the F6 generation next year.

Line #1 (picture taken on a sunny day)

Line #2 (picture taken on a cloudy day)

My current working name is Magenta Snow, a nod to Purple Rain...

Locomatto · September 29, 2017

Very nice!

Fred Hempel · September 29, 2017

So striking!

bower · September 29, 2017

Those are really pretty!!!

KarenO · September 29, 2017

very unique. great work!
KarenO

ginger2778 · September 29, 2017

I have never seen that type of striped antho on white before. Really stunning.

Boutique Tomatoes · September 30, 2017

A few years ago I noticed some of my lines had a tendency for the antho to concentrate in the stripes and I started selecting for that trait in a few of them. The white cherry line is where I think it is best expressed. One of this year's F1 lines is a cross with an earlier generation of this and a striped rin/rin cherry line that I am anxious to see the F2's from, I was potentially sending it south to be grown out this winter.

This picture is of a different F1 trial from this season with a red slicer line and a yellow cocktail line that has the accumulation in the stripes; it's still being expressed in the F1 so I'm anxious to see if I can get more diverse parent lines with the traits fixed.

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chadandpia · October 2, 2017

Those are so beautiful!

hl2601 · January 19, 2018

All of what you are showing looks great!

jmsieglaff · January 19, 2018

Wonderful looking tomatoes! Keep those pictures coming!

September 30, 2017	#7
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	A few years ago I noticed some of my lines had a tendency for the antho to concentrate in the stripes and I started selecting for that trait in a few of them. The white cherry line is where I think it is best expressed. One of this year's F1 lines is a cross with an earlier generation of this and a striped rin/rin cherry line that I am anxious to see the F2's from, I was potentially sending it south to be grown out this winter. This picture is of a different F1 trial from this season with a red slicer line and a yellow cocktail line that has the accumulation in the stripes; it's still being expressed in the F1 so I'm anxious to see if I can get more diverse parent lines with the traits fixed. Sent from my SM-T550 using Tapatalk Last edited by Boutique Tomatoes; September 30, 2017 at 12:05 PM.

September 29, 2017	#1
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	Boutique Tomatoes progress Still plugging away, but getting closer the past few years. I've just about rounded out my color palate and am working on disease resistance and enhanced shelf life genetics now. I do have one cherry line at F5 that I think is a OP release candidate. I don't know that it has any significant disease resistance, but the flavor and appearance are winners with the people who've tried it. These have the gs + Aft combination where the antho appearance is more concentrated in the stripes so on these 'white' lines they actually do show as purple. I taste stonefruit, where my buddy who walks the field and tastes with me says he thinks it has a smoky taste. (but he wants to smoke everything, so that may just how his taste buds interpret good flavor) I selected 2 plants this year for a larger grow out for the F6 generation next year. Line #1 (picture taken on a sunny day) Line #2 (picture taken on a cloudy day) My current working name is Magenta Snow, a nod to Purple Rain...

September 29, 2017	#2
Locomatto Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 59	Very nice!

September 29, 2017	#3
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	So striking!

September 29, 2017	#4
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Those are really pretty!!!

September 29, 2017	#5
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	very unique. great work! KarenO

September 29, 2017	#6
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I have never seen that type of striped antho on white before. Really stunning.

October 2, 2017	#8
chadandpia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 50	Those are so beautiful!

January 19, 2018	#9
hl2601 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Metro Denver Posts: 771	All of what you are showing looks great!

January 19, 2018	#10
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	Wonderful looking tomatoes! Keep those pictures coming!