Madera F1 (cherry)

[Fred Hempel]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

Most of the Italian and Spanish "hanging" tomatoes have alc. Piennolo del Vesuvio is the only one I have that likely carries this gene. It has to be homozygous to give best effect. I can put a Piennolo tomato on the counter and leave it there for a month with little or no change. I've eaten them at 3 months old that were slightly wrinkled from moisture loss, but otherwise tasted like a garden fresh tomato.

I have fresh seed if you would like to trial it. Also, Piennolo is potato leaf which makes most crosses easy to verify.

I didn't realize that Piennolo del Vesuvio had alc. I do have one of those lines, although I have not incorporated it into any hybrids or new breeding lines.

I also tried the Colgar lines, but they failed spectacularly under the conditions at a site where they would need to do well for me. When I say "failed spectacularly" I mean that the fruits were very soft at the time they would normally be stored. Since they were so soft, there was no reason to determine the actual shelf-life. I guess I assumed (wrongly again) that firmness and shelf-life go hand in hand.