Orange Santa F1 (?)

[ChrisK]

Looks like some segregation showing up in the F2. Granted it's a sample size of four but two out of the four have purple stems and darker green leaves at the early stage of growth.

[maf]

How did this go? Interesting to see the ones completely lacking anthocyanin in the stems.

[ChrisK]

Honestly, I didn't followup on this too much. I think I am at F4 now (but with limited plants grown at each generation to select) and it's definitely not the same tomato as the F1, which we really like. I think it deserves some more attention since the F1 is not avail. in the U.S. last I looked (various UK sellers though).

I'd love to have it stable and dwarfed.

[travis]

Definitely looks like there's some aa/ms-10 linkage there, which would not be at all surprising in a commercial, grape type F1 hybrid.

[ChrisK]

OK, then if that's the case the antho absent should have been male sterile and not produce fruit without significant intervention. Unless I got one of the 10% that will set seed.

I don't remember which plant I kept but I did get lots of fruit and seeds (well the person growing it did)

Originally Posted by travis

Definitely looks like there's some aa/ms-10 linkage there, which would not be at all surprising in a commercial, grape type F1 hybrid.

[travis]

I wish you knew for sure.

Why not plant about 24 to 40 seeds this time and count the aa sprouts. And maybe grow a couple of them all the way out.

[maf]

A larger sample size would be a good thing for sure.

Rutgers confirms that Santa Orange is a hybrid: http://njaes.rutgers.edu/tomato-vari...p?Orange+Santa

Edit, I mean Orange Santa, lol.