Unexpected Crosses

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One year my Amish Gold crossed with what I think was an unknown wild tomato. I had saved seeds from a tomato tasting I attended, which is how I came by the wild one, but I never knew exactly what it was. The result was a red grape tomato that all my family seemed to love, and it was crazy productive and held up pretty well to disease. So I have been saving seeds every year and getting pretty much the same thing.

This year when I planted it, I first noticed the foliage didn't look right. It was very wispy looking, and I thought the plant was not well. Then the fruit grew closer to a Roma type tomato, and I thought maybe it was just a throwback to Amish Gold. T

he tomatoes seemed to be taking forever to ripen, and finally I noticed a slight yellowish tint, which I thought was odd. I kept waiting and waiting with no obviously ripe fruit. Finally I noticed the color was very reminiscent of Green Zebra, which I had also grown the previous year. Turns out it I now have a green when ripe variety.

I am surprised that the green coloring was dominant. Is that normal?

I looked to see if there was anything out there like it, and Green sausage is similar, but this one is shorter and fatter. It has a very sweet flavor, and unfortunately, the birds seem to love it. It is quite productive, and I am considering trying to keep it going as well. To me, it tastes a lot better than Green Grape. I really wanted to like Green Grape, but in my yard it was just mediocre at best. Aunt Ruby's German Green is my all time favorite.

The skin of this tomato stays pretty green even when ripe. Some develop a yellowish tint, while others just have varying shades of green. It's quite pretty.