Surprise, surprise! Grub and Keith, check in....

[nctomatoman]

Working from home is great (a telecommuting day) - doing seed saving between the inevitable array of teleconferences. So, what did I find today?

First, Keith, the Lucky Cross F1 you sent me. Plant got TSW pretty bad, but set some fruit so I let them ripen. Fruit are oblate smooth, 2-5 ounces - definitely ripened pink, but there is substantial green gel around the seeds. Fruit were badly scarred and I didn't dare taste it, but at least got a fair amount of F2 seed. Want some??






Next, Grub. Ripe fruit on both GMGs. Imagine my surprise when I ended up with this:






Reg leaf is on the left - oblate, ridged, bright yellow in and out. Potato leaf on the left - oblate, ridged, green fleshed, skin pretty much clear to ever so slightly yellow.

so what gives - anyone seen the yellow fruited RL before??

Unfortunately, both plants are dead - I have seeds from both, and there are a few more to come on the RL, but that is the sole PL, green fleshed example.

Next year I will go for it again, likely in a pot in the driveway!