Coyote

Reign · August 4, 2006

I just love this little gem. It is pretty sweet but still versitle in the kitchen.

westocast73 · August 4, 2006

I am planning to grow Coyote next year so I am glad to hear you are really enjoying it!

( Nice countertops by the way 8) )

Suze · August 4, 2006

Ahhh, those look good. Maybe next year.

Reign · August 4, 2006

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Originally Posted by westocast73

( Nice countertops by the way 8) )

umm..well. Thank you.

But - I didn't bother to check color balance after I changed lens. My counter tops are green. The tomato is a few shades lighter than the photo.

westocast73 · August 5, 2006

Glad to hear about the colour. I thought it looked darker then I was expecting ( From previous pictures at least ).

Dark green counter sounds fine too by the way. :wink:

**nctomatoman** · August 8, 2006

Nice to see people enjoying this one. Interesting story assocated with it - the very first year I did a Pennsylvania Hort. Society Harvest Show display of my heirloom tomatoes (geez, probably back in 1989/90), a very nice woman named Maye Clement from Mexico stopped by with a blossom cluster of Coyotes on the vine for me. Since I'd never seen a tiny, nearly white cherry tomato, that was very exciting - of course, I tasted one and saved seed from the rest...then grew it out, and offered it in the SSE yearbook. That first meeting she didn't give me the name - and I unfortunately listed it first as Ivory Currant. She wrote me a letter with the full name (I still have the letter) - Amarillo Sylvestre Coyote, or something like that....and I renamed it Coyote. I must search for that letter to be sure I update my seed log with the full, accurate name.

westocast73 · August 9, 2006

Thanks for the info Craig. It sounded familiar to me and since I pretty much read every description at a few different tomato seed vendors I went looking for it because I was sure I read it online before. Tomatofest was where I read it.

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Maye Clement brought Craig Lehoullier a branch of half a dozen of these tomatoes which he displayed at the PA Hort. Society Harvest Show in the late 1980's. Originally it was a wild Mexican tomato called Coyote Tiny Yellow. A jewel-like cherry, that bears 6 to 8 on a branch. Very flavorful!
Days: 75
Type: Heirloom
Size: Indeterminate

I didn't know about the Ivory Currant part though. So do people still list a variety named Ivory Currant or has that name pretty much dissappeared? Also does that mean this is in fact a Currant Tomato (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium) ?

August 4, 2006	#1
Reign Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NY Posts: 130	Coyote I just love this little gem. It is pretty sweet but still versitle in the kitchen.

August 8, 2006	#6
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Nice to see people enjoying this one. Interesting story assocated with it - the very first year I did a Pennsylvania Hort. Society Harvest Show display of my heirloom tomatoes (geez, probably back in 1989/90), a very nice woman named Maye Clement from Mexico stopped by with a blossom cluster of Coyotes on the vine for me. Since I'd never seen a tiny, nearly white cherry tomato, that was very exciting - of course, I tasted one and saved seed from the rest...then grew it out, and offered it in the SSE yearbook. That first meeting she didn't give me the name - and I unfortunately listed it first as Ivory Currant. She wrote me a letter with the full name (I still have the letter) - Amarillo Sylvestre Coyote, or something like that....and I renamed it Coyote. I must search for that letter to be sure I update my seed log with the full, accurate name. __________________ Craig

August 4, 2006	#2
westocast73 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 144	I am planning to grow Coyote next year so I am glad to hear you are really enjoying it! ( Nice countertops by the way 8) )

August 4, 2006	#3
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Ahhh, those look good. Maybe next year.

August 5, 2006	#5
westocast73 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 144	Glad to hear about the colour. I thought it looked darker then I was expecting ( From previous pictures at least ). Dark green counter sounds fine too by the way. :wink: