Striped tomato: help?

Torquill · January 27, 2014

Hi, all. Our local Master Gardener chapter was gifted with a few tomato plants last season; one grew up to give us a red striped tomato we liked well enough that we'd like to offer plants for sale this year. It did not, however, come with a tag. While I wouldn't even try to find an ID for a red slicer or a pink beefsteak (without DNA fingerprinting, anyway), there are still few enough striped tomatoes available to the general public that I figure it's worth a shot.

It's a regular-leaf, medium-sized (8-10 oz) slicer, with streaks of dark red and light red, and a normal red interior. It's smooth without ribbing/catfacing, no green shoulders, nothing distinctive other than the stripes; it lacks the iridescence to the stripes sometimes found on Baia Nicchia varieties. Taste was quite good and balanced, not tangy or especially sweet. My first thought was Tigerella, but it's definitely too large for that (and too large for Red Zebra too, which is definitely tangy)... does Tigerella have a big brother?

If anybody follows striped varieties and would be willing to hazard a guess, I'll see whether that matches what we have. Otherwise, I suppose it'll end up being Master Gardener Red Stripe, much as I hate renaming varieties.

Thanks.

--Alison

January 27, 2014	#1
Torquill Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Willamina, OR (Zone 8a/Sunset 4) Posts: 26	Striped tomato: help? Hi, all. Our local Master Gardener chapter was gifted with a few tomato plants last season; one grew up to give us a red striped tomato we liked well enough that we'd like to offer plants for sale this year. It did not, however, come with a tag. While I wouldn't even try to find an ID for a red slicer or a pink beefsteak (without DNA fingerprinting, anyway), there are still few enough striped tomatoes available to the general public that I figure it's worth a shot. It's a regular-leaf, medium-sized (8-10 oz) slicer, with streaks of dark red and light red, and a normal red interior. It's smooth without ribbing/catfacing, no green shoulders, nothing distinctive other than the stripes; it lacks the iridescence to the stripes sometimes found on Baia Nicchia varieties. Taste was quite good and balanced, not tangy or especially sweet. My first thought was Tigerella, but it's definitely too large for that (and too large for Red Zebra too, which is definitely tangy)... does Tigerella have a big brother? If anybody follows striped varieties and would be willing to hazard a guess, I'll see whether that matches what we have. Otherwise, I suppose it'll end up being Master Gardener Red Stripe, much as I hate renaming varieties. Thanks. --Alison __________________ Heisenberg + Schroedinger = Humdinger!