"Andes" Tomato

[Moshou]

There are red and yellow "Andes"

[Jayc]

I've only grown Des Andes, seeds came from Kokopelli. Very nice tomato well worth growing. I was surprised how big some of the fruits were, I'd thought they were more Roma size!

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Moshou

There are red and yellow "Andes"

Could be, but the red is the original and the yellow probably came about by a mutation of the epidermis from yellow ( red fruited) to clear ( yellow fruited).

Quite a few years ago I was growing the variety Green Gage, which is yellow, and due to a somatic mutation ( mutation in a plant cell,not the seed DNA), one branch had red fruits.

With a bit of research I found out that that was already known for that variety and wasn't all that rare, but it's the first somatic mutation I ever saw. So red to yellow and yellow to red.

Carolyn