Red-in-Green F1 tomato

[frogsleap farm]

I found this on line at Evergreen Seed. It is a red fleshed w/ green skin tomato. I tried to order, but didn't meet minimum order size limits. I think this is primarily a site for commercial growers. Has anyone grown this? If so, I'd love to score some F2 seed. Also if you normally order from this company and you are willing to add this to your order, I will reimburse you for the seed. Thanks

[Redbaron]

Originally Posted by frogsleap farm

I found this on line at Evergreen Seed. It is a red fleshed w/ green skin tomato. I tried to order, but didn't meet minimum order size limits. I think this is primarily a site for commercial growers. Has anyone grown this? If so, I'd love to score some F2 seed. Also if you normally order from this company and you are willing to add this to your order, I will reimburse you for the seed. Thanks

The minimum order is 10 dollars

[doublehelix]

Mark I have some of those coming. I will send you some when they get here.

-Steve

[frogsleap farm]

Originally Posted by doublehelix

Mark I have some of those coming. I will send you some when they get here.

-Steve

Great, thanks Steve. Let me know how I can return the favor. I'll PM my mailing address. i'm intriqued by genetic variation in fruit/skin color combos and this is appears to be unique to what I've seen so far.

Mark

[frogsleap farm]

This article talks a little about the Pinton green type tomatoes, green on the outside, red inside - which are prized by chefs in southern Europe.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...3#.UOMRxo69wbA

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by frogsleap farm

This article talks a little about the Pinton green type tomatoes, green on the outside, red inside - which are prized by chefs in southern Europe.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...3#.UOMRxo69wbA

Interesting reading Mark.

So where did the one at Evergreen Seeds come from or aren't they talking? .I mean I assume Japan, so I see a fight to the finish here.

I don't think either the Eden Seeds ones or the Evergreen one would "play" well here in upstate, NY,but that wouldn't be a market anyway as I see it.

Almost every Spanish tomato variety I've grown, and also experienced when in Spain, has had deep green shoulders and a very tart taste.

Ah, well, good that we all have different perceptions of taste or it would be very boring indeed.

Carolyn

[frogsleap farm]

It will be a curiosity Carolyn. It definitely sounds like a taste peculiar to a specific market, and not likely to get raves here generally in the U.S. I'm game for trying it though.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by frogsleap farm

It will be a curiosity Carolyn. It definitely sounds like a taste peculiar to a specific market, and not likely to get raves here generally in the U.S. I'm game for trying it though.

And why not?

I'm thinking of all the various varieties you can cross with it and who knows what might appear?

Apparently Steve feels the same way since he ordered it.

Carolyn, who was greeted on New Years morn with a large dead mouse left near her bed by her 4 footed furry one.

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

And why not?

I'm thinking of all the various varieties you can cross with it and who knows what might appear?

Apparently Steve feels the same way since he ordered it.

Carolyn, who was greeted on New Years morn with a large dead mouse left near her bed by her 4 footed furry one.

Ha ha! My cat claims the doves he brings into the house "explode" in his mouth. He prefers to eat them under our bed and get the feathers all over the bedroom floor.

[Jayc]

The Red in tomato looks interesting and Red Target, they do sound similar to the Spanish types.
I bought some Camone tomatoes a couple of years ago and really liked them. They were green on the outside but ripe in the middle. Even though it was winter they were gorgeous, sweet and full of flavour, lovely eaten in hand or in a salad, flesh was quite firm though. I think they had been grown in Spain or Italy. I saved some seeds which produced an assortment of types, some were green types.

[Jayc]

A few pictures of some of the Camone F2's I grew in 2011. Taste varied a fair bit from wow to urgh!

[frogsleap farm]

Very cool Jayc. Did you save seed and grow out the best tasting F2s?

[doublehelix]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Apparently Steve feels the same way since he ordered it.

You nailed it.

It is so hard to stay focused on one particular area of breeding when I see something like this tomato. I thought I had everything planned for next season and then I see a tomato that intrigues me. Here we go again...

[Jayc]

Originally Posted by frogsleap farm

Very cool Jayc. Did you save seed and grow out the best tasting F2s?

Yes but unfortunately they were casualties of Late Blight, I didn't really have a chance to sample them. I've not checked yet but hopefully I've a few seed of some of my favourites ones left over to grow this year. If not, I'm pretty sure I have a fair amount of seed of the F2's left to try and see what they bring. But I did love the look of the green ones.