What type of Tomato's are these

AndrewH · September 5, 2011

My neighbor got got some free tomato plants from a friend, who has a big garden.
and my neighbor planted several tomato plants in a garden space in my yard, with my permission. The only problem. I do not know what she planted.
So Below is a pic.
The four tomato's at the bottom of the pic, I have never seen before in my life
and the two at the top look familiar but I am not sure. So who here can tell me what type of tomatoes are in my pic.

**carolyn137** · September 6, 2011

Andrew, step one is to ask that heighbor what the varieties were.

Without her information there's no way of knowing from a picture what they might be since there are now maybe 6-8,000 varieties that are available commercially if indeed she bought the seed.

Once a variety is separated from its label all is lost when trying to ID it, with very few exceptions.

**carolyn137** · September 6, 2011

OK bcday, you just drove me crazy.

I tried to post to Kath that I'd found Andrew's original thread lower down on this first page and kept getting an invalid thread notice and that's b'c bcday had seen that new thread and had deleted it as being a duplicate thread.

All's well that ends well, so it's said.

kath · September 6, 2011

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

I tried to post to Kath that I'd found Andrew's original thread lower down on this first page and kept getting an invalid thread notice and that's b'c bcday had seen that new thread and had deleted it as being a duplicate thread.

Got your message here, Carolyn- thanks.!

**carolyn137** · September 6, 2011

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Originally Posted by kath

Got your message here, Carolyn- thanks.!

Sure you did Kath b'c when I kept getting an invalid statement when trying to answer you in the newer one I ASAP came to this one to answer you.

AndrewH · September 7, 2011

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

Andrew, step one is to ask that heighbor what the varieties were.

Without her information there's no way of knowing from a picture what they might be since there are now maybe 6-8,000 varieties that are available commercially if indeed she bought the seed.

Once a variety is separated from its label all is lost when trying to ID it, with very few exceptions.

Thanks for the input, I had no idea that there were that many varieties of tomato's
my neighbors friend gave her plants and I do not think he even knows what he gave her.

Thanks again

ContainerTed · September 7, 2011

Well, to me they look like paste/roma type tomatoes. The top two could be a small heart type or they could be off the same vine as the bottom row ones. Some paste type will produce "atypical" fruit from time to time on the same plant as the "normal or usual" fruit shapes for a given variety.

So, my vote is for a "paste" type. As to the actual name (like San Marzano or Opalka or ....................) that, you will have to go back to the friend of your neighbor. Once the name gets separated from the plant, you can't tell by just looking at it.

I would say the main thing is, "How did it taste??". If it's good, save seeds and grow your own next year. Do that for at least 60 years and it might become a family heirloom and you can name it whatever you want.

September 5, 2011	#1
AndrewH Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 3	What type of Tomato's are these My neighbor got got some free tomato plants from a friend, who has a big garden. and my neighbor planted several tomato plants in a garden space in my yard, with my permission. The only problem. I do not know what she planted. So Below is a pic. The four tomato's at the bottom of the pic, I have never seen before in my life and the two at the top look familiar but I am not sure. So who here can tell me what type of tomatoes are in my pic.

September 6, 2011	#2
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Andrew, step one is to ask that heighbor what the varieties were. Without her information there's no way of knowing from a picture what they might be since there are now maybe 6-8,000 varieties that are available commercially if indeed she bought the seed. Once a variety is separated from its label all is lost when trying to ID it, with very few exceptions. __________________ Carolyn

September 6, 2011	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	OK bcday, you just drove me crazy. I tried to post to Kath that I'd found Andrew's original thread lower down on this first page and kept getting an invalid thread notice and that's b'c bcday had seen that new thread and had deleted it as being a duplicate thread. All's well that ends well, so it's said. __________________ Carolyn

September 7, 2011	#7
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Well, to me they look like paste/roma type tomatoes. The top two could be a small heart type or they could be off the same vine as the bottom row ones. Some paste type will produce "atypical" fruit from time to time on the same plant as the "normal or usual" fruit shapes for a given variety. So, my vote is for a "paste" type. As to the actual name (like San Marzano or Opalka or ....................) that, you will have to go back to the friend of your neighbor. Once the name gets separated from the plant, you can't tell by just looking at it. I would say the main thing is, "How did it taste??". If it's good, save seeds and grow your own next year. Do that for at least 60 years and it might become a family heirloom and you can name it whatever you want. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch