Tricolor striped

[tgplp]

Sorta random, but here goes....

Are there any striped (not bicolor, striped like green zebra/tigerella) tomatoes that have three colors of stripes? Say... Orange, green, and purple? I don't think there are. And they have to be striped, because Ananas Noire has three colors but it is a bicolor.



Taryn

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by tgplp

Sorta random, but here goes....

Are there any striped (not bicolor, striped like green zebra/tigerella) tomatoes that have three colors of stripes? Say... Orange, green, and purple? I don't think there are. And they have to be striped, because Ananas Noire has three colors but it is a bicolor.



Taryn

Yes Taryn there are but they aren't available.

In the early 90's I trialed for Tom Wagner two varieties, one was called Brandystripe and it had PL foliage, the other was Brandystripe with angora PL foliage.

They were visually beautiful with orange and red and yellow and salmon and pink stripes, etc., that were not narrow, but looked as though someone had used a crayon to put them on the fruits. Very distinct broad stripes.

But while visually beautiful the taste was not good.

Tom has subsequently crossed one of them with Brandywine, so I've read, at an attempt to indroduce some taste.

I sent seeds of both to a friend this past Spring to see if he could wake up those old seeds and I think I remember that he couldn't. Whether I have more seeds of either one I can't remember, and if I do there would be very few left.

[tgplp]

That's too bad that it didn't taste good, but I suppose at least we know it's possible and maybe could happen again some day.

Thank you for the help on my silly question!

Taryn

[frogsleap farm]

Berkeley Tie Dye

[Wi-sunflower]

Harvard Square, similar to Ananas Noire but maybe a bit bigger.

Carol

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

Harvard Square, similar to Ananas Noire but maybe a bit bigger.

Carol

Carol, I'm not so sure the variety Harvard Square really exists. Thankfully I remembered lots of discussion about it and here's the link to those discussions:

http://www.tomatoville.com/search.php?searchid=869538

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Carol, I'm not so sure the variety Harvard Square really exists. Thankfully I remembered lots of discussion about it and here's the link to those discussions:

http://www.tomatoville.com/search.php?searchid=869538

Carol, just noting that the above link has been rejuvenated and is now in this General Discussion area as a separate thread called Green Copia.

[Wi-sunflower]

Well I read that other thread and I don't know.

For me, I saw a pic of a Harvard Square shortly after I first joined TV and thought it looked great and asked that poster for a trade. When I grew it, Harvard Square seemed a bit darker and larger than Ananas Noire. It was later when I got a SSE yearbook that I learned the Wisconsin connection. Knowing the little I do about Martin, I would bet HE will say it's different.

I haven't grown the Copias, either one. I had some seeds for one of them last spring but killed them when we had a contamination problem in the greenhouse.

I'll have to try growing them all next year and compare.

BTW, back to the original topic of this thread -- the question of tri-color striping. I don't know why the OP would call Ananas Noire just a Bi-color when it does have 3 colors. No it isn't nicely striped as she asked about. And the texture of AN is better if picked before it SHOWS much if any of the third color. But the third color will be there in the sliced tomato.

Carol

[feraltomatoes]

Some striped varieties do show 3 or more colors before being fully ripe. These tomatoes are off the same plant, the green fades as it ripens.
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Fully ripe tomato showing red, orange, yellow and green
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At least 4 colors on this fully ripe tomato
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Another fully ripe tomato showing at least 4 colors
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Just a few examples from this years grows, these are F-1 to F-4 so there will be many 3 colors or more on the horizon.