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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Idaho
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I think this is a great cross (but I'm a bit biased ).
![]() Steelhead is My Brandywine x Ananas Noir. It's named for one of my favorite fish - the awesome turbo-charged sea-run rainbow trout. Steelhead are a beautiful green with a big red stripe. Here's one from near my home in Idaho -- https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/...df441efe_c.jpg (My Dad's first Steelhead) Here's the parents: ![]() My Brandywine (good production version of Suddith's). Many years ago I had one particular Suddith's plant vastly out produce all the others, and it's stayed higher production through the years. ![]() Ananas Noir, the classic, great tasting tricolor. The original goal with this cross is a larger, meaty, PL with the Ananas Noir color scheme, high production and FLAVOR. Preferably the nice, balanced Brandywine type flavor. Here's the F1 from last year -- ![]() It was RL and very, very productive. Anyway, the F2 extravaganza was fun this year. I mostly saved the Potato Leaf's, because that's what I was after, but I did do a few RL's, and I'm glad I did. ![]() ![]() Top to bottom, left to right : JL1, JL4, JL5, FY 2-1, FY 1-2, FY 1-3, FY 1-4, FY 1-5, FY 1-6 ![]() JL3, JL4, JL7, JL8, JL6, JL10, JL1, JL4, JL5, FY 2-1, JL12, FY 1-2, FY 1-3, FY 1-4, FY 1-5, FY 1-6 ![]() ![]() ![]() FY 1-5. Basically exactly what I was hunting for. #3 in flavor (still very good, but could be deeper). Otherwise, very productive. Meaty, with a small blossom scar, and the color pattern is dead on. I'm going to do quite a few F3's from this one hunting for the one with perfect flavor (which I'm sure is out there). ![]() ![]() FY 1-6 (ignore the miss-labeled one). The taste was there for sure (could be the best of all along with FY 1-3), the texture was perfect, and the RL plant was very productive. The second one I'll carry forward. I think the potential on this one is big. It begs a question - what's the likelihood I'll see a green/pink BC out of this? I guess the real question is, has anybody seen a red/yellow bicolor F2 seg out into a green/pink F3? ![]() ![]() FY1-3. The earliest (though I wouldn't call it early, more of the early end of mid-season ). It's pinker than this photo makes it look. Tastes just like it's Brandywine mama. I'll probably do a 2 or 3 F3's from this one based on taste alone, but it could use a good home if anyone's looking to adopt. But it's not what I'm hunting here. ![]() FY1-4 ![]() FY1-2. Very, Very productive, a real cage-bender. But a little late for my taste ![]() ![]() FY 2-1. Pretty and sweet, but just sweet, and I want balance. Another one I'd love to find a home for. ![]() JL11. The best of the "black" seg's. Good flavor, and on the early side, but most of the fruit were too irregularly shaped for my ideal. I don't have an individual pic of it, but JL5 was also a very good bicolor, but it too was on the sweet side, without an acid balance, and I don't have room for it. Anybody who wanted to play with FY 2-1 would likely find some of these in their care package as well. ![]() |
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