Noire de Cousebauf, and Purple Calabash

domoarimato · June 19, 2006

The post about crossing SFT made me start to wonder abou something. I realize that a good percentage of named cultivars out there are just selections, and/or renamings of all ready known cultivars. (ditto what I said about Sft, Carrotlike, and Carrot in the other post.) Back this winter I was looking through some old notes and photos, and noticed a number of striking similarities between the two varities I mentioned in the subject heading of this post. Of course I have six plants of each growing right side by side in my garden right now, and am arduously taking notes and photographic documentation. The difference in leaf type is indiscernable to my eyes, as is the distance between internodes for the blooms. A number of other striking similarities resound as well. What I have no prior photographic documentation of is the fruit set of NdC... If memory serves me correctly, it also is very scalloped like PC. I was wondering if any of you out there in Tomatoville that have any previous experience with the two varieties have made the same observations, or if I am way off mark here. I shall have more of a bias to draw from in about 10 days when the fruits are more developed and starting to reveal their true selves unto me, but my question is... Could this also be the same tomato, only selected and preserved in different regions of our little spinning play-dough ball. Anybody with any experience with both please share your insight with me! (Mrs. C, I know has grown both, and perhaps Craig too). Curiouser, and Curiouser-Bri

June 19, 2006	#1
domoarimato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 29	Noire de Cousebauf, and Purple Calabash The post about crossing SFT made me start to wonder abou something. I realize that a good percentage of named cultivars out there are just selections, and/or renamings of all ready known cultivars. (ditto what I said about Sft, Carrotlike, and Carrot in the other post.) Back this winter I was looking through some old notes and photos, and noticed a number of striking similarities between the two varities I mentioned in the subject heading of this post. Of course I have six plants of each growing right side by side in my garden right now, and am arduously taking notes and photographic documentation. The difference in leaf type is indiscernable to my eyes, as is the distance between internodes for the blooms. A number of other striking similarities resound as well. What I have no prior photographic documentation of is the fruit set of NdC... If memory serves me correctly, it also is very scalloped like PC. I was wondering if any of you out there in Tomatoville that have any previous experience with the two varieties have made the same observations, or if I am way off mark here. I shall have more of a bias to draw from in about 10 days when the fruits are more developed and starting to reveal their true selves unto me, but my question is... Could this also be the same tomato, only selected and preserved in different regions of our little spinning play-dough ball. Anybody with any experience with both please share your insight with me! (Mrs. C, I know has grown both, and perhaps Craig too). Curiouser, and Curiouser-Bri