My Experiment Came Out Pretty Nice So Far

[marc_groleau]

Originally Posted by newatthiskat

That is interesting. Not that I know much about genetics but I would have thought they would have been the same.

I did too. Well here are the offspring of the Cherokee Purple Female. They are quite similar but these absolutely started to ripen when my actual Pineapple did and the others of the Pineapple Female began ripening when the actual Cherokee Purple did.

You can see that these held a bit of green even though there were quite ripe. But it's ben a real strange year for ripening. Almost all of my 50 or so tomatoes of various varieties were at least 2 weeks behind in ripening. Everybody here in my area is experiencing the same thing.

Taste was about the same as the Pineapple female. Quite fruity. Not at all like Cherokee Purple.

[marc_groleau]

The Cross with the CH Purple Female is producing fast and furious now. This is a sample of one that is more ripe the ones in the photo above. It is producing heavily and the fruit is in nice condition. Definitely a fruity taste much like Pineapple. I'll be planting both types next year. I'm hoping that I can maintain 2 strains. Both similar to the other except for time to ripening. It would be nice not to get them all at one.

[JamesL]

Marc,
That is a great looking tomato!

[marc_groleau]

Originally Posted by JamesL

Marc,
That is a great looking tomato!

Yeah I agree. I'm eager to see what the F2s will do. If they are as productive with large fruit as these were it'll be great!