Compari - OP or Hybrid?

Fert1 · July 9, 2007

I saved some Compari seeds and planted them this year. I only kept one plant. The tomatoes from it look and taste pretty much like the Compari tomatoes from the store, in other words it bred true. However, I was visiting with my brother the 4th of July, and his family asked me to identify some of the tomatoes they were getting from their plants, which I gave to them. They didn't keep the labels.

Anyway, they had one variety that didn't look like anything I planted, but they insist came from a plant I gave them. It was an 8-12 ounce round, red tomato. They had a number of those. I also observed some of their plants had tomatoes growing on a truss with 8 or 10 tomatoes, only the tomatoes were large tomatoes, not cherry or salad sized. I suspect these came from the Compari seeds I saved, as in it is indeed a hybrid and prone to throw backs. I told them to save the seeds if the flavor is good, because it certainly is productive.

I just wondered what anyone else who had saved Compari seeds was seeing from their plants. Care to add to the discussion?

feldon30 · July 9, 2007

I don't have any personal experience other than tasting them (I thought they were fairly good), but there are a couple of topics on Campari tomatoes:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=5368
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=3568
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=1036

July 9, 2007	#1
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Compari - OP or Hybrid? I saved some Compari seeds and planted them this year. I only kept one plant. The tomatoes from it look and taste pretty much like the Compari tomatoes from the store, in other words it bred true. However, I was visiting with my brother the 4th of July, and his family asked me to identify some of the tomatoes they were getting from their plants, which I gave to them. They didn't keep the labels. Anyway, they had one variety that didn't look like anything I planted, but they insist came from a plant I gave them. It was an 8-12 ounce round, red tomato. They had a number of those. I also observed some of their plants had tomatoes growing on a truss with 8 or 10 tomatoes, only the tomatoes were large tomatoes, not cherry or salad sized. I suspect these came from the Compari seeds I saved, as in it is indeed a hybrid and prone to throw backs. I told them to save the seeds if the flavor is good, because it certainly is productive. I just wondered what anyone else who had saved Compari seeds was seeing from their plants. Care to add to the discussion? __________________ Holly

July 9, 2007	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I don't have any personal experience other than tasting them (I thought they were fairly good), but there are a couple of topics on Campari tomatoes: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=5368 http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=3568 http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=1036 __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]