Gezhante Buhrurkeel

[delltraveller]

Is anyone familiar with this tomato? The pictures I saw of it reminded me of Polish Pastel.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by delltraveller

Is anyone familiar with this tomato? The pictures I saw of it reminded me of Polish Pastel.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Gezahnte

And also listed in the SSE YEarbook.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Polish_Pastel

I'm not sure where you're looking at pictures but these two varieties, the latter one bred by John Smarz in Australia are completely different in all ways.

In the SSE listing gezhante is translated as "toothed"

[delltraveller]

I didn't know to drop the "Buhrurkeel" to find it at Tatiana's. Silly me. I should have tried each word individually. The pictures I saw were sure different from the Gezhante in the Tomatobase. Maybe they were being picked quite a bit less than ripe. I grew John Smarz's Polish Pastel this year. In fact, I still have fruit on the vines ripening. My aunt already put in her "order" for plants for next year.

Thanks, Carolyn.

[Iva]

Can I ask you what you think about Polish Pastel? Is it worth growing? The descriptions say it is supposed to be sweet...

[delltraveller]

Everyone here liked the Polish Pastel and it gave fruit earlier than most of our varieties did this year. I grew mine in containers and the plants didn't seem to mind that. As with many tomatoes, my fruit are smaller later in the season, but I have fruit that are still ripening now and the plants still look pretty healthy, particularly for this late in the season. I plan on growing it for myself again next year, as well as growing some plants for my aunt.

[delltraveller]

I better send you some seeds for it Iva.

[Iva]

Thanks so much for the offer, but I already have some seeds, and was just wondering if I should plant them next year. Thanks to your info, they are now on my 'to grow list' for 2010