Yellow Pear tomato, share your experience with me please:) - Page 5

tarpalsfan · April 19, 2017

Hi
Thank you for providing the link and information.

I actually visited that page before, as I think I saw this tomato in The Sand Hill catalog I downloaded. And had to look it up. Wow! I think that there is something wrong with me-I want to grow every great sounding tomato I read about-peppers too! Thank you the information-I appreciate it much!

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

I only know of Sara's Galapagos as indicated in this link

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sara%27s_Galapagos

Amy Goldman, add Fowler, had gone to the Galapagos islands,there are several, I had asked her to bring me back one of the species, the salt tolerant one,but when she got back,how she got by Customs I don't know,but she brought back actual fruits,sent them to me, I was expecting something yellow,so I knew ASAP since the fruits were red,that's not what I had.

I ASAP crushed the tiny fruits to get the seeds,having grown true currants that's what I always did,didn't process the seeds and got about 100% germination,so they were planted out the same year.

I have grown several currants and what I got looked and talked like a currant but much better taste than any true currant I'd ever grown, but a chore to harvest.

So no, not a true currant. Dr.Chatelet at the TGRC has all the accessions of everything that has been found on each of the islands in that complex.

Carolyn

tarpalsfan · April 19, 2017

I noticed something. Someone around here-(the area I live in)must like Yellow Pear. I went to W.M. with my family, and always check out the plants. There were two big flats of Bonnie Yellow Pears. I didn't get one as I was expecting seed from trades here.
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But, later I thought I could get a head start if I bought a plant. But when I went back a couple of days, there weren't any more. Just something I noticed.

Tormato · April 21, 2017

A week away, and I get this thread?

To me, Yellow Pear is good for one thing. It's a near perfectly shaped, edible (barely), dipping tool for your favorite salad dressing.

April 19, 2017	#62
tarpalsfan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Arkansas Posts: 206	I noticed something. Someone around here-(the area I live in)must like Yellow Pear. I went to W.M. with my family, and always check out the plants. There were two big flats of Bonnie Yellow Pears. I didn't get one as I was expecting seed from trades here. . But, later I thought I could get a head start if I bought a plant. But when I went back a couple of days, there weren't any more. Just something I noticed.

April 21, 2017	#63
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	A week away, and I get this thread? To me, Yellow Pear is good for one thing. It's a near perfectly shaped, edible (barely), dipping tool for your favorite salad dressing.