Bijskaya Roza

[patty_b]

Andrey........my question is more
Shchelkovskiy ( Early = Ranniy) . wasn't sure
if they were the same variety, but thinking that they
must be from your prior reply?? Thanks, Patty

[feldon30]

Very funny. Well I am always looking for early pink large-fruited. Gregori's Altai has been a revelation (indeed the first one is blushing and I've got ~70 fruitset on 3 plants). Beaten only by Bloody Butcher, Jet Star, Black Cherry, and Sungold.

DP, promise I won't bring any church ladies or anyone else.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by patty_b

Andrey........my question is more
Shchelkovskiy ( Early = Ranniy) . wasn't sure
if they were the same variety, but thinking that they
must be from your prior reply?? Thanks, Patty

Patty,

These are the same tomato - one has a name partially translated into English.

This variety is known here in North America as a regular leaf. I haven't seen anybody who grew Schelkovskiy Early mention seeing potato leaf foliage.


Andrey, if you are routinely observing RL and PL on the same variety, as you mentioned earlier, I'd go and check if your bees really like visiting your tomato blossoms (or, your mother-in-low occasionally mix up some fruits thinking she picked them from a right plant... as my mother in law does all the time - that's why I never trust her with fruit picking )

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Tania

[Andrey_BY]

Patty,

yes, Shchelkovskiy Early = Shchelkovskiy Ranniy. I used this first partly translated name in 2003-2005 when I had no much info about the way other translate foreign variety names. Then after 2006 I prefered the most fair way of transliteration of Russian (Cyrillic) names without translating in English the way Reisentraube feels good in America without English translation of this German name...

Tania,

as for Shchelkovskiy Ranniy PL this happen not only with my seedlings but for several other Belarusian gardeners as well as they bought the same seed packs with these variety seeds in local shops.

[Deer Park]

Tania,

Thanks for the offer. I would appreciated a few seeds. Next year I will comepare and see if I get the same fruit. If you would like to compare I will save you some. This plant is to good to not save some seed from.

Michael

[huntoften]

Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think I could grow a plant whose name I couldn't pronounce! Is there an english translation for these?

[feldon30]

Car's gassed up, memory card on camera is cleared off, DP how bout it?

[Deer Park]

Feldon,

You're persistent, got to give you that. If you just want to see how it's done then come on down Friday or Sat. I might put you to work though. Time to give them a soapy bath. LOL

If you want to take some photo's I'd say we are a week or two off from having a lot to shoot. Plants look great loaded with green fruit and leaf cover is the best I've ever had and I'm not about to cut it back for photo's. LOL

I've seen some sunburn on a few already.

Memorial weekend might be best, we aren't leaving town.

I'll be putting on my bird netting around the end of the month.

You wore me down. LOL

Michael

[feldon30]

Woo hoo!

Really looking forward to visiting your tomato farm. I think waiting a bit for more fruitset is probably wise to get some great photos and I'll also be able to bring a few tomatoes with me to trade.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by Deer Park

Tania,

Thanks for the offer. I would appreciated a few seeds. Next year I will comepare and see if I get the same fruit. If you would like to compare I will save you some. This plant is to good to not save some seed from.

Michael

Sounds good Michael - let's 'swap' the seeds in the fall.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by huntoften

Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think I could grow a plant whose name I couldn't pronounce! Is there an english translation for these?

'Rose from Biysk' (see http://t-garden.homeip.net/mwiki/ind.../Biyskaya_Roza for more info)

Biysk is a town in Altai, Siberia.

Tania

[huntoften]

My tomato world has been so small it seems and has opened up immensely the past few months! I've always thought of tomatoes as being from Italy and the US...looks like folks around the globe enjoy them!

[huntoften]

P.S....that site is amazing! My jaw hurts from drooling over those hundreds and hundres of varieties!