Crosses that have taken thus far

heirloomdaddy · June 8, 2010

Black Cherry X Green Zebra

Black Cherry X Paul Robeson

Black Trifele X Green Giant

Gold Medal X Green Zebra

In a few of these crosses, the mother plant is the smaller cultivar, with less seed for saving. While this may seem like more of a hassle, I find it less conflicting to emasculate flowers on a plant that has tons and tons of them. Also, I don't need much f1 seed of course.

As you can see, I'd love a small black tomato that can out-do even black cherry. The Gold Medal x Green Zebra on the other hand, is an experiment to see what the F1 of such different tasting and looking tomatoes will bring. It will be interesting to see how the acid and complexity of the zebra effects the sweet, fruity and somewhat innocuous flavor profile of the gold medal. Not sure what to be expecting in the F1... a smallish, stripe free yellow globe? What about the trifele x gg? PL of course, but what color/shape?

travis · June 8, 2010

I would expect Gold Medal x Green Zebra to produce some segregants very much like Copia. No doubt there will be some very pretty F2 and F3 tomatoes from that one.

June 8, 2010	#1
heirloomdaddy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Z10 Posts: 291	Crosses that have taken thus far Black Cherry X Green Zebra Black Cherry X Paul Robeson Black Trifele X Green Giant Gold Medal X Green Zebra In a few of these crosses, the mother plant is the smaller cultivar, with less seed for saving. While this may seem like more of a hassle, I find it less conflicting to emasculate flowers on a plant that has tons and tons of them. Also, I don't need much f1 seed of course. As you can see, I'd love a small black tomato that can out-do even black cherry. The Gold Medal x Green Zebra on the other hand, is an experiment to see what the F1 of such different tasting and looking tomatoes will bring. It will be interesting to see how the acid and complexity of the zebra effects the sweet, fruity and somewhat innocuous flavor profile of the gold medal. Not sure what to be expecting in the F1... a smallish, stripe free yellow globe? What about the trifele x gg? PL of course, but what color/shape? Last edited by heirloomdaddy; June 8, 2010 at 04:13 PM. Reason: grammar

June 8, 2010	#2
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	I would expect Gold Medal x Green Zebra to produce some segregants very much like Copia. No doubt there will be some very pretty F2 and F3 tomatoes from that one.