Principe Borghese plant & fruit description

Raymondo · February 14, 2009

Hi folks,
I was given two plants labelled Principe Borghese. They've done very well. In fact, they're huge, sprawling plants. Their fruiting habit is what I would call indeterminate. There are no terminal flower clusters but rather tresses along the stems. The fruit is small, slightly elongated, red and each has a very pronounced nipple on the blossom end.
Do I have Principe Borghese?

Polar_Lace · February 14, 2009

Plenty of pics here: Principe Borghese

~* Robin

salix · February 14, 2009

Ray, sounds like what I grew two years ago - I found the first "set" were smaller than subsequent fruits, but that could very well have been weather/water/nutrient differences. Will grow again this year, since I now have a small dehydrator.

Raymondo · February 14, 2009

Many of the pics show a fruit with a nipple, some don't. Seems I do have PB. Now I can save seeds confidently.
Thank you Robin (why didn't I think of Google images?) and Salix.

brokenbar · February 15, 2009

They are touted as the "ultimate" drying tomato and although I find them to be a pain-in-the-butt because they are small, seedy and it takes a whole lot of them to fill a vacuum bag of dried, I do grow them because I have a sun-dried tomato business and Chef's have heard of them and are willing to pay a higher price. (They are also willing to pay a higher price for any black varieties dried and Borgo Cellano which I really don't like!) As for myself...I have about 15-20 staple varieties in my sun-drying herd and frankly...Principe Borgese has no overwheming better taste than any of the others I grow. I will give them this...they are prolific as all get out and not Prima Dona's in any way. Heat, cold, wind...they just keep producing and are a constant chore to keep picked. I secretly think it's because they know I don't like them and this is their way of getting even with me! (I really need to get a life...)

Polar_Lace · February 15, 2009

Thanks for the info brokenbar.

Quote:

I really need to get a life...

Isn't growing Tomatoes??

~* Robin

brokenbar · February 16, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polar_Lace

Thanks for the info brokenbar. Isn't growing Tomatoes??

~* Robin

It's a life alright, nearly to the exclusion of everything else! My friends, most of whom don't garden or just have a small vegie garden (amatures...) really do think I am insane. They find it hysterical that I keep notes on my plants, spend inordinate amounts of time in my garden when there is no fruit to pick or weeds to pull, and while away the winter hours looking at catalogs & The Yearbook and spending hours on the computer perusing tomato varieties, descriptions, growth habits and participating in (as per my friend's description) idle chit chat with others with the same predilection. Some where out there is a book in waiting..."Confessions of a Tomato OCD Maniac"!

Colorado_west · February 16, 2009

I grew and dried year before last, Will grow again. I cut in two for drying and scooped out some seeds a mine were juicy as I watered the plants samre as the rest of the tomatoes.

February 14, 2009	#1
Raymondo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Saumarez Ponds, NSW, Australia Posts: 946	Principe Borghese plant & fruit description Hi folks, I was given two plants labelled Principe Borghese. They've done very well. In fact, they're huge, sprawling plants. Their fruiting habit is what I would call indeterminate. There are no terminal flower clusters but rather tresses along the stems. The fruit is small, slightly elongated, red and each has a very pronounced nipple on the blossom end. Do I have Principe Borghese? __________________ Ray

February 14, 2009	#2
Polar_Lace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Z8b, Texas Posts: 657	Plenty of pics here: Principe Borghese ~* Robin __________________ It's not how many seeds you sow. Nor how many plants you transplant. It's about how many of them can survive your treatment of them.

February 14, 2009	#4
Raymondo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Saumarez Ponds, NSW, Australia Posts: 946	Many of the pics show a fruit with a nipple, some don't. Seems I do have PB. Now I can save seeds confidently. Thank you Robin (why didn't I think of Google images?) and Salix. __________________ Ray

February 15, 2009	#5
brokenbar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Of The Border Posts: 1,169	They are touted as the "ultimate" drying tomato and although I find them to be a pain-in-the-butt because they are small, seedy and it takes a whole lot of them to fill a vacuum bag of dried, I do grow them because I have a sun-dried tomato business and Chef's have heard of them and are willing to pay a higher price. (They are also willing to pay a higher price for any black varieties dried and Borgo Cellano which I really don't like!) As for myself...I have about 15-20 staple varieties in my sun-drying herd and frankly...Principe Borgese has no overwheming better taste than any of the others I grow. I will give them this...they are prolific as all get out and not Prima Dona's in any way. Heat, cold, wind...they just keep producing and are a constant chore to keep picked. I secretly think it's because they know I don't like them and this is their way of getting even with me! (I really need to get a life...) __________________ "If I'm not getting dirty, I'm not having a good time."

February 14, 2009	#3
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Ray, sounds like what I grew two years ago - I found the first "set" were smaller than subsequent fruits, but that could very well have been weather/water/nutrient differences. Will grow again this year, since I now have a small dehydrator.

February 16, 2009	#8
Colorado_west Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: western Colorado zone 5 Posts: 307	I grew and dried year before last, Will grow again. I cut in two for drying and scooped out some seeds a mine were juicy as I watered the plants samre as the rest of the tomatoes.