For Carolyn: Status of some of the varieties you sent me

[BVGardener]

Carolyn....thought you might like to see how some of the varieties you sent me are doing.

The first four photos (top row, left to right) are of Amish Potato Leaf and then the fifth photo is of Huge Black.

Bottom Row: (left to right) the first two photos are Huge Black and the third being Golden Ponderosa. The fourth is of WES.

I'll have to take some photos this afternoon of the fruit on WES. There are some very large fruit on WES with one of them being huge.

Golden Ponderosa is one of the largest plants in the garden but has yet to set fruit....a seemingly endless number of blossoms but with lots of blossom drop.

More info coming later....

Jay

[organichris]

Looking very good.

[carolyn137]

Thanks Jay, for I always like feedback on varieties I distribute from my seed offers.

I'll feel better when you're able to tell me that the fruits match the varieties.

[Douglas14]

Jay,
Nice looking plants. I'll be curious to hear what you think of Amish Potato Leaf, as I collected the seed from an Amish family about 5 miles from where I live.
I actually haven't grown that variety since the year I obtained the seed(and sent some to Carolyn to grow out). Just too many others I've been wanting to grow.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Douglas14

Jay,
Nice looking plants. I'll be curious to hear what you think of Amish Potato Leaf, as I collected the seed from an Amish family about 5 miles from where I live.
I actually haven't grown that variety since the year I obtained the seed(and sent some to Carolyn to grow out). Just too many others I've been wanting to grow.

Actually Douglas sent me two varieties, Amish Potato Leaf and Todd County Amish ( which is RL) and both have a lot of folks listing them in the SSE YEarbooks/

Originally they were named low acid and I forget what the other one was but it was equally generic so together Douglas and I renamed them so they made more sense.

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

I saw Todd County in the TGS catalog this year and am thinking of growing it next year given the Minnesota connection and it looked like a nice tomato.

Craig

[BVGardener]

Carolyn, here is that large fruit on WES. I didn't add anything to the photo for scale but it's a very large fruit.

Jay

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by BVGardener

Carolyn, here is that large fruit on WES. I didn't add anything to the photo for scale but it's a very large fruit.

Jay

Looking just excellent Jay, for it is a large blunt heart shape just as you show.

Oh, are you going to love that one and at some time you'd darn well better grow Chapman and Red Penna as well.

So many folks seem to latch onto the newest varieties around and I do as well, to a certain extent, but there are some varieties such as Wes and Chapman and Red Penna that have been listed for a long time in the SSE Yearbooks that are just superb, which is why I've been offering them in my seed offers.

[Douglas14]

That's good to hear Carolyn, as I'm growing Wes, Chapman, and Red Penna this year, thanks to you. I hope to post my thoughts on them here later in the year.

[Douglas14]

Carolyn,
I came across the original seeds I obtained for Amish Potato Leaf and Todd County Amish. They were originally called Non Acid and German Non Acid. Definitely generic IMO. I'm not sure which was which....I'd have to grow them out to tell. Maybe I'll grow them again next year.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Douglas14

Carolyn,
I came across the original seeds I obtained for Amish Potato Leaf and Todd County Amish. They were originally called Non Acid and German Non Acid. Definitely generic IMO. I'm not sure which was which....I'd have to grow them out to tell. Maybe I'll grow them again next year.

I can tell you which was which b'c on some saved envelopes I wrote both names after we named them, but had grown them with those two generic names.

But I'm not going out in the back room to paw thru stuff now. Please remember to PM or em me in the Fall and I'll take a look.

[BVGardener]

Good news,Carolyn. That big fruit on WES is ripening and Amish Potato Leaf is ripeing two or three. Both varieties may have fully ripe fruit by late Monday at the earliest.

Jay

[elkwc36]

I'm growing Amish PL, Todd County Amish,Wes and Red Penna for the first time this year all from Carolyn's seed. Carolyn I hope you are implying that I'll like these as well as Chapman last year. It is in my top 3 right now. Will be watching for more updates and will add mine when they start producing. I'm getting my first fruit set now. JD

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by elkwc36

I'm growing Amish PL, Todd County Amish,Wes and Red Penna for the first time this year all from Carolyn's seed. Carolyn I hope you are implying that I'll like these as well as Chapman last year. It is in my top 3 right now. Will be watching for more updates and will add mine when they start producing. I'm getting my first fruit set now. JD

They're different Jay.

I'd group Wes, Red Penna and Chapman together as having a complex rich red taste, as it were.

And Amish Potato Leaf and Todd County Amish together as having a less complex milder taste than the above.

But that's me and my tastes, not you and your tastes.

[BVGardener]

Here is the latest Carolyn. WES produced a 1 pound, 2 ounce tomato. That is the one in the photo below. I've not sliced Amish Potato Leaf or WES yet....will do that tomorrow.

Jay