Is this the origin of the Ailsa Craig name?

ScottinAtlanta · February 21, 2014

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/21/sp...html?hpt=hp_c3

Labradors2 · February 21, 2014

I hope nobody breaks their teeth granite-like tomatoes - or maybe that's just where they originated?

Linda

MissS · February 21, 2014

Thanks! I just learned something from that link.
Patti

Sun City Linda · February 21, 2014

Seems likely. Thanks for the post.

DavidP · February 22, 2014

There's also a famous onion called Ailsa Craig, seems strange as no one has ever lived there at least voluntarily. Probably some old homesick scottish plant breeder looking for a name.

Doug9345 · February 22, 2014

For the onion this is what I found from this site: http://www.cooksinfo.com/ailsa-craig-onions

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History Notes

Developed in 1887 by a gardener for the Marquis of Ailsa at Culzean Castle in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. From Culzean Castle, as indeed from the Ayrshire coast, you can see the island of Ailsa Craig (from the Gaelic "ailsse creag", which means "fairy rock"). Either the Marquis or his gardener named the onion after this island. Some sources say the name was chosen because the island looks like an onion (more like the bottom of an onion actually), but this is just conjecture with no solid backing for it. Besides, some people think the island looks more like a crusty roll.

For the tomato this is what Tania writes.

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History

Bred by Alan Balch from a cross of Fillbasket and Sunrise, and introduced in 1912 by the seed vendor Alexander and Brown of Perth, Scotland.
According to U.C.DAVIS Plant Sciences, "Ailsa Craig is a variety of tomato that has been an experimental staple of tomato molecular biology and biotechnology. Originally Ailsa Craig, named for a small rocky island off the coast of England, was grown for greenhouse production of tomatoes in Great Britain. Apparently this crop is particularly important for English breakfasts. "

ScottinAtlanta · February 23, 2014

And there we have it. The circle is complete.

**carolyn137** · February 23, 2014

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Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta

And there we have it. The circle is complete.

No, actually the circle is not complete since only parts of Stonehenge are still standing.

Home of my Celtic ancestors in England which is why I've always called myself a borne again semi-druidic priestess b/c of my love of nature.

Carolyn

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ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Is this the origin of the Ailsa Craig name? http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/21/sp...html?hpt=hp_c3

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MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	Thanks! I just learned something from that link. Patti __________________ ~ Patti ~

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	I hope nobody breaks their teeth granite-like tomatoes - or maybe that's just where they originated? Linda

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Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Seems likely. Thanks for the post.

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DavidP Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Riverside, Southern California, USDA 9b, Sunset 19 Posts: 63	There's also a famous onion called Ailsa Craig, seems strange as no one has ever lived there at least voluntarily. Probably some old homesick scottish plant breeder looking for a name.

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ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	And there we have it. The circle is complete.