Bi-color Prue?

[pondgardener]

Have three Prue plants growing in my garden from seeds acquired in Tormato's seed swap. Just starting to pick tomatoes and two are red and heart-shaped, which fits the description Tatiana has on her website, but the other is a bi-color. So what is up with this? Is it a cross with some other variety or is it some oddity? Or something else? Pretty tomato in any case...

George in Colorado

[carolyn137]

George,Prue is one of my favoite varieties,and is one of a few that I can ID just by the aroma . On one plant it can have all different shapes and sizes and has always been that way. It's a family heirloom of Tom Galucci's who is a member here but right now I can't remember his user name;

I told Tom I would send it to some seed sites for trial, anddidso,

I do think there's a high possibility that what you have is a crossed seed that was sent along some true seeds to Gary' No way to know what Prue crossed with in the garden of the person who sent in the seeds.Possibly a gold/red bicolor, but not necessarily

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Prue

But if it were me I'd save some seeds put out as many plants as you have room for and hopefully it will show up again, select that one, save seeds, well, I think you know what you have to do to reach stability.

Carolyn

[MissS]

George, that is one gorgeous tomato. If I were you, I would save seed as Carolyn suggested. It would be great to have a bi-color heart.

Did you taste this one and if so how was it?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by MissS

George, that is one gorgeous tomato. If I were you, I would save seed as Carolyn suggested. It would be great to have a bi-color heart.

Did you taste this one and if so how was it?

There are some other bicolor hearts known. Here's a link to a thread from a week ago, about them.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=33650

But there's room for even more and since it presumably has some Prue genes in it, I'm for it.

Carolyn

[neoguy]

Looks like Orange Russian 117.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by neoguy

Looks like Orange Russian 117.

Maybe yes, and maybe no and it's why I suggested that George save F2 seeds and plant out next season to see if it's a hybrid, or not.

And in the thread I linked to above, there are other bicolor hearts mentioned as well, and let's not forget what Karen is getting out of her cross as well.

Carolyn

[pondgardener]

Carolyn,

In any case, whether it is a cross or a stray seed from another variety, I will save seeds and see what shows up. Thanks for the input.

George