the blue mystery

[TomatoDon]

Ah....the beloved Blueberry thread has been revived.

[Bama mater]

Tomato Don, I hope i'm not out of line here but would it be asking too much to get a few of those Floating Blue Faux seeds..........Couldn't resist

[TomatoDon]

Thanks Bama Mater, I'll see what I can do. I was going through the seed saving process and when I put them on paper towels I later found that they had dried and floated up to the ceiling. I'll have to get a ladder but I'll see if I can scrape some off for you. I guess if this variety ever becomes popular and shows up in seed catalogs that they will have to send them by air mail.

I may have to do a recap of this whole Blueberry Tomato episode.

DS

[Stepheninky]

This was on the Idig forums here is part of the post

"The osu or P20 was given to a handful of people that signed pappers that said they would not share the seed. Some of the seeds were distributed by a person in that program under a different name Blueberry but it is inferior. At best it is reported to be unstable and not very tasty.
To get any results they must be grown in a sunny place and only the plants that show coloring should be kept and the rest culled. You should plant quite a few to find which ones have the higher anthocyanin content. Good luck!!"

So that kinda sorta confirms that there is an OSU / p20 strain floating around that was being called Blueberry Maybe

[Tormato]

The seeds I received a some years ago were labeled "Blueberry". This was a year, or more, before I heard of the source and the "P20" name. It has produced red fruit, and the "blue" colored fruit (with and without points on the blossom end).

Gary

[TomatoDon]

I thought it would be helpful if I posted pics of our most famous blueberry and other floaters here.