Striped tomato: help?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

No, the tomato they named (or renamed) was not-Heidi. They intended to grow Heidi, but the large red beefsteak that resulted was obviously not-Heidi. It was renamed because it bred true for them, the fruit was obviously nothing like Heidi, and no one could ID it based on anything else they'd grown.

OK, so they sowed seeds for Heidi but what they got was the large red beefsteak, which bred true for them for how many years?

So apprently not a cross if it grew true, so apparently a stray seed of a stable variety, but no one could ID it.

Sounds kind of weird to me.

Carolyn