My Crosses (F1s)

Glenn 50 · January 28, 2006

Did a few crosses in 2002 season and then never got around to sowing the resulting F1s until this season..

Lutescents x Purple Calabash.
Heavy crops of 3" red fruit with some mild ribbing. No colour changes when ripening. Just green thru to red like other toms.

Black Brandywine x Russian Red.
Unfortunately no rugose foliage. Large 4.5" red fruit. Beautiful.

Buckbee New 50 day x Verna Orange.
Heavy crops of red 3" perfectly round fruit. Fairly solid interior. Will grow the descendants of this next season.

Tiny Tim x Yellow Stuffer.
Semi rugose foliage. Sprays of lovely minature 1" red stuffers. Hollow inside.
Don't ask me about the dwarf gene...this grew 8ft high and is still going.

Hobbit.
This is an F2 rugose cross between Tiny Tim and Zapotec. Small Zapotec shaped fruit. 50% dwarf and 50% semi indeterminate. Maybe it will stabilize in future generations maybe not.

There are others that I'm playing with but this ain't a book!

January 28, 2006	#1
Glenn 50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 224	My Crosses (F1s) Did a few crosses in 2002 season and then never got around to sowing the resulting F1s until this season.. Lutescents x Purple Calabash. Heavy crops of 3" red fruit with some mild ribbing. No colour changes when ripening. Just green thru to red like other toms. Black Brandywine x Russian Red. Unfortunately no rugose foliage. Large 4.5" red fruit. Beautiful. Buckbee New 50 day x Verna Orange. Heavy crops of red 3" perfectly round fruit. Fairly solid interior. Will grow the descendants of this next season. Tiny Tim x Yellow Stuffer. Semi rugose foliage. Sprays of lovely minature 1" red stuffers. Hollow inside. Don't ask me about the dwarf gene...this grew 8ft high and is still going. Hobbit. This is an F2 rugose cross between Tiny Tim and Zapotec. Small Zapotec shaped fruit. 50% dwarf and 50% semi indeterminate. Maybe it will stabilize in future generations maybe not. There are others that I'm playing with but this ain't a book!