Spitters

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Duets

I'm trying a new tomato this year, Heirloom Mr Stripey. Just wondering if anyone has grown this kind before etc?

Many have grown it and there are several hundred varieties of gold/red bicolors as that one, which would be wayyy down on the list that I prefer.

It was the former owner of Totally Tomatoes who found it nearby, I think in GA and sent seeds to Seeds by Design in CA, a subcontract place. and off the shelf wholsale place.

First, not knowing there already was variety called Mr Strripey, the alternative name for Tigerella as bred in England they named this one Mr Stripey as well, thus leading to two My Stripies, one a large beefsteak type gold/red bicolor, the other one Tigerella, aka Mr Stripey as well, which is a small red with jagged gold stripes.

Many catalogs got them mixed up as well/

And I can't tell you how many posts I've made here and there distinguishing the two.

Finally, SBDesigh sends out to many companies their list of varieties, and that's why you find Mr Stripey at almost all big box stores, and many nurseries around the country.

Not b'c it was popular but b'c of their list they send out to growers who grow for those places as well.

There are a few folks who do like it, so give it a try and in the future I suggest you might want to try some other gold/red bicolors as well/

[Duets]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Many have grown it and there are several hundred varieties of gold/red bicolors as that one, which would be wayyy down on the list that I prefer.

It was the former owner of Totally Tomatoes who found it nearby, I think in GA and sent seeds to Seeds by Design in CA, a subcontract place. and off the shelf wholsale place.

First, not knowing there already was variety called Mr Strripey, the alternative name for Tigerella as bred in England they named this one Mr Stripey as well, thus leading to two My Stripies, one a large beefsteak type gold/red bicolor, the other one Tigerella, aka Mr Stripey as well, which is a small red with jagged gold stripes.

Many catalogs got them mixed up as well/

And I can't tell you how many posts I've made here and there distinguishing the two.

Finally, SBDesigh sends out to many companies their list of varieties, and that's why you find Mr Stripey at almost all big box stores, and many nurseries around the country.

Not b'c it was popular but b'c of their list they send out to growers who grow for those places as well.

There are a few folks who do like it, so give it a try and in the future I suggest you might want to try some other gold/red bicolors as well/

Thank you Carolyn! lol- on the tag it said..."a centerpiece of the garden" or something like that, so if the taste isn't what I/we like, we can all just discuss it's interesting look.

[celerystalksmidnite]

Originally Posted by Duets

I'm trying a new tomato this year, Heirloom Mr Stripey. Just wondering if anyone has grown this kind before etc?

There was a fellow a few years ago who grew it out west, in Utah I think, who said it was his favorite tomato. I don't know where in Nevada you're located, but maybe it will do really well for you as well.

[noinwi]

I hate to say this, but one of my most recent 'spitters' was Dr Carolyn. Granted, I got the seed from Wintersown.org, and I'm not saying anything bad about that, but the(donated)seed can be...not exactly what it's supposed to be. But I've gotten some wonderful seed from there(especially Grightmire's Pride, one of my faves).
Anyway, I tried Dr C two years in two different spots, both in containers, one in a box and one in a bucket, slightly different medium. One was on the west side of the building, the other on the east side. They looked like the description for Dr C., both plants were prolific, but the taste, well, was sweet but bland, with a chemical after taste that was really unpleasant.
I'm thinking next year I will try it again with seed from a different source as another cherry I grew from the same group of packets didn't seem to be what it was supposed to be. They were supposed to be Isis Candy, but turned out lighter yellow than their description and had no color on the bottom of the fruit. The taste was ok, though, better than the Dr C.(no funny after taste).

[velikipop]

Yellow Pear, followed by Green Zebra with Stupice getting honourable mention.

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by Duets

I'm trying a new tomato this year, Heirloom Mr Stripey. Just wondering if anyone has grown this kind before etc?

I like to spell it Mr. Sttripe, and let you T'villians figure out the anagram.



Dr. Lve Apple

[Heritage]

(African Queen X Ethel Watkin's Best) F2 selection. I didn't think it was possible to get such a bad tomato from the cross of two great tomatoes. It actually had a 'bitter' (not tart) taste - something I've never tasted before in tomatoes.

Steve

[Pigzzilla]

I grew the Yellow Pear once, a looong time ago, about '72 or '73. My kids were little and would anything not moving. They loved it, me not so much. I gave the tomatoes to everyone I knew, and to some folks I had never met. I ended up pulling the plant on New Years Eve. It would'nt freeze or die a natural death, so I pulled it.

A few years ago, I grew a Jelly Bean. That had super sweet little bitty red tomatoes. I loved them but Hubby couldn't stand to eat them. pigz

[sic transit gloria]

Originally Posted by Neohippie

Every yellow tomato I've grown so far (hasn't been many) have been pretty bland. On the other end of the spectrum, dark tomatoes like Cherokee Purple have very rich flavors. Unlike M&M's, tomato colors do seem to have different flavors, and darker seems to be better.

I would suggest you try Azoychka and Aunt Gertie's Gold. Both great, flavorful yellows.

[ginger2778]

Pigzzila, I love your username!

NOINWI, that's pretty interesting about Dr C.

[Iva]

Solanum spontaneum, blah. Just skin and seeds and bitter as heck. Blah

[horses4jess]

Early Wonder ended up bland and grocery store-ish in my garden both years I tried it. Firework was bitter and mealy.

[jennifer28]

Jess,

That is disappointing to hear about Early Wonder. I am trying early wonder pink this year for the first time, and I am happy with the way it is just growing like crazy. Since it has been so easy for me to grow, I might as well give it a shot. My cowlick's brandywine is also doing very well, and most people say that's a good one so I feel good about that one. I always grow stupice which many people do consider a spitter but I happen to like it... that one is also growing well... so we'll see...

[camochef]

Off the top of my head, without refering to my journals, there are some that come to mind.
Yellow pear was one. not only bland but had about the thickest toughest skin ever.
Stupice was another bland tomato, very productive, but basicly tasteless.
Mr Brown was about the worst tomato I ever bit into, I actually did spit that one out.
Spudakee has been a spitter for me as has Brandywine-OTV.
I always thought of Black from Tula as a spitter as I found it to be disgustingly sweet.
I've had others like Mr Stripey that were very tasty when I received one from a close friend and were the exact opposite when I grew 7 plants of my own the next year. They seemed mushy and bland. I then discovered that my friend never waters his garden and I withheld water from Mr. Stripey and it improved tremendously. Since then I found the same thing with varieties like Kelloggs Breakfast and KBX. The less you water the tastier the tomato.
I've never been fond of Green Zebra either, but wouldn't go as far as to call it a spitter.
Of course, there have been years where some of my favorites have produced a few spitters too. I recall one year when just about every Amazon Chocolate, (which has been one of my favorite dark/black tomatoes,) was a spitter. Never figured out why either.
So we all run into spitters every once in a while no matter how many tomatoes we grow. Not always the fault of the variety, but can be due to too much rain, or other weather conditions. Here's hoping we all have less spitters.
Enjoy!
Camo

[horses4jess]

Jen,

Perhaps the temp/soil conditions were what made my Early Wonder tries so unpalatable. I grew them in the fall in containers (if memory serves, used MG potting mix with compost one year, Jungle Growth the next). Beautiful plants! I hope you have better luck than I did.