Series of Striped Pear Tomatoes - Page 2

katwest · November 11, 2017

Thanks! I got super lucky with some of the genetics because I have a small urban farm with limited space and with a few of my crosses there was only a 1 in 64 chance I'd recombine a few of the recessives and voila! It happened. A small seed company has already reached out to me about distributing them as soon as they are stabilized in a couple of years!!

Here were some of my early shape results that might be helpful:

-Pear x Round = F1 Round, F2 Round, F3 25% pear, F3 selected for pear...

-Pear x Heart = F1 Oval, F2 20% Oval, 30% Heart, 30% Pear, 10% Round, F3 selected for pear...

-Pear x Oval = F1 Oval, F2 70% oval, 20% round, 10% pear-ish, F3 selected for pear...

-Pear x Pear = F1 100% Pear (already fixed recessives of course)....

bower · November 11, 2017

Luck is a wonderful thing! Especially in the genetics roulette.

Thanks for posting those ratios.

hl2601 · January 29, 2018

WOW!! Those look terrific. which will you grow out this season? Choices, choices...

November 11, 2017	#16
katwest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 19	Thanks! I got super lucky with some of the genetics because I have a small urban farm with limited space and with a few of my crosses there was only a 1 in 64 chance I'd recombine a few of the recessives and voila! It happened. A small seed company has already reached out to me about distributing them as soon as they are stabilized in a couple of years!! Here were some of my early shape results that might be helpful: -Pear x Round = F1 Round, F2 Round, F3 25% pear, F3 selected for pear... -Pear x Heart = F1 Oval, F2 20% Oval, 30% Heart, 30% Pear, 10% Round, F3 selected for pear... -Pear x Oval = F1 Oval, F2 70% oval, 20% round, 10% pear-ish, F3 selected for pear... -Pear x Pear = F1 100% Pear (already fixed recessives of course)....

November 11, 2017	#17
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Luck is a wonderful thing! Especially in the genetics roulette. Thanks for posting those ratios.

January 29, 2018	#18
hl2601 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Metro Denver Posts: 769	WOW!! Those look terrific. which will you grow out this season? Choices, choices...