Whats in a name?

[CamuMahubah]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

Does a plant that churns out 3 pounders that look like Eva Purple Ball and taste like Neves Azorean Red sound interesting? Did I mention 50 pounds of fruit from an ordinary plant? That is only 20 tomatoes folks.

I would say this plant sounds interesting. Interesting indeed.

[bower]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

Does a plant that churns out 3 pounders that look like Eva Purple Ball and taste like Neves Azorean Red sound interesting? Did I mention 50 pounds of fruit from an ordinary plant? That is only 20 tomatoes folks.

Well I see your dilemma, now! Sounds like this majestic creature deserves a very special name!

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by bower

Well I see your dilemma, now! Sounds like this majestic creature deserves a very special name!

Sounds like one of those adds you see in the National Inquirer.

Worth

[bower]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Sounds like one of those adds you see in the National Inquirer.

Worth

I can see a few tomato names coming out of that place. Bigfoot's Baby. President of Mars. Chimp's Head. Secret Saucer... (of course that's only good for a paste! )

[Salsacharley]

WOW! What is the status of the stability of this?

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

Does a plant that churns out 3 pounders that look like Eva Purple Ball and taste like Neves Azorean Red sound interesting? Did I mention 50 pounds of fruit from an ordinary plant? That is only 20 tomatoes folks.

[Fusion_power]

I'm growing it out for the 3rd season. I had a bee made cross in Neves Azorean Red a couple of years ago. The resulting fruit were all double handers, i.e. had to use both hands to hold them. There is still a good bit of work to go to get consistency.

[bower]

"Double Hander" sounds like a good name to me. Best of luck (and enjoyment!) in the grow out.

[Worth1]

Sounds like a tomato you would slice 1/2 thick and put on a big bun hamburger with lettuce and country slab bacon slathered in mayonnaise with salt and black pepper.
With a side of ruffles potato chips.

Worth

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

I'm growing it out for the 3rd season. I had a bee made cross in Neves Azorean Red a couple of years ago. The resulting fruit were all double handers, i.e. had to use both hands to hold them. There is still a good bit of work to go to get consistency.

I hope you know that I have a patent on Neves Azorean Red, and since it is a parent of what you now working on when it gets to the point that you would be selling plants of it, the standard payback to me would be half of what you are selling plants for.

I heard at one time that you and someone else,maybe Keith? were going to start a seed co,or whatever, is that still viable, and I ask, again, b/c of the patent issue.

Carolyn,just checking out your humor level when you read the above.

[Salsacharley]

Raybo has developed "Marnar". It is a cross between Mariannas Peace and Neves Azorean Red. It is a fabulous tomato. I believe he's at F7 now. I'm growing Marnar from his F6, so I guess I'm growing F7 too.

[Fusion_power]

Carolyn, I already hired enough high priced lawyers to break any patent on any plant I grow. Keith was not comfortable with the idea of sending off the parents of Purple Haze to produce a couple of pounds of seed in a commercial greenhouse setting. If he had been, I was going to foot the bill (about $15,000). Two pounds of seed would have sold for about $75,000 on the market. I wish I had more Purple Haze seed to the point they could be sold. Pointing out for your memory that I called Neves Azorean Red "Perry's Teasum" for a year or so when you first got seed 15 years ago. Maybe I'll name this tomato Teasum's child. More seriously, I am considering naming it "Double Hander". We will see.

I've thought hard about using Marianna's Peace as a parent in a couple of crosses. One I would love to make is Marianna's Peace X Red Zebra. That should segregate for a pink striped tomato that does not have radial splits near the stem like Marianna's.

[kurt]

Sounds like that pepper joe story all over agin.��

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by kurt

Sounds like that pepper joe story all over agin.��

Absolutely!!!!

And I never did answer the lawyer's letter to appear in court in where were they, SC?? And I wasn't the only one who got that letter,heck, we would have had to rent a bus to get all of us down there.

Carolyn

[hl2601]

LOVE the name Double Hander! best of luck to you as you grow this out. It sounds like a real winner.