So - to all I sent the Indian Stripe X (Purple Smudge?) mystery.... - Page 2

delltraveller · May 16, 2012

The seedling of mine that showed some purple on the stem is growing quite a bit more slowly than the other seedlings. Anyone else seeing something similar?

akgardengirl · July 11, 2012

Plucked my one and only "Not Indian Stripe" F1. Nice coloring which I hope stands out in the photo. This fruit was set in the house before transplanting out the 1st week of June. No other fruit set but I do have some blossoms opening.
Sue B.

Well, the fruit shows up kinda looking more brown/orangy when it is really more like the color of Cherokee Purple.

akgardengirl · July 12, 2012

What generation of seed is producing the purple stem? I have the F1 seeds and I didn't have any purple stems. Are they the F2's that this is showing up in?
Sue B.

**nctomatoman** · July 12, 2012

I inadvertently grew out the F1 last year - that produced the cross. The saved seed - which is what I sent out and everyone is growing - is F2. I sowed about 20 seeds - there was subtle stem color variation, with a few (just a few) showing up quite purple.

You got a nice result - Purple Smudge size/shape fruit with the Indian Stripe coloring!

akgardengirl · July 12, 2012

Okay, I will change my notes to say F2.
Sue

**nctomatoman** · August 11, 2012

So the results are in! I planted 3 of these.

Plant 1 - very green round golf ball sized fruit when unripe (no shoulder coloring - no purple smudges), ripened to pink - size in the 2 ounce range, firm flesh, nice sweet flavor, in the 7.5 range.

Plant 2 - very green round to oblong (deep globe, taller than wide) unripe fruit (no shoulder coloring), ripened to pink - size up to 4-5 ounces, nice sweet flavor here as well - in the 7.5 range.

Plant 3 (the one with the most purple on the young seedling stem) - small round to oblate fruit in the 2-4 ounce range, unripe fruit do have the purple dusting of color on the shoulder, which comes from the supposed Purple Smudge parent - but it colors up to purple, the color of Indian Stripe. Haven't tasted yet - this is my last tomato to ripen - very pretty.

So just growing three plants, three very different results - none of them looked like the Purple Smudge parent at the unripe stage, but plant 1 is most like it once ripe. None looked like Indian Stripe. Plant 3 is the only one of the three to show attributes of both parents and would be fun to take forward to see what's next.

delltraveller · August 15, 2012

None of my plants produced fruit before going to the big tomato patch in the sky, alas!

akgardengirl · September 14, 2012

Final harvest of these. They surprisingly did okay here in a cold summer where my cold varieties did not measure up. These are in different stages of ripeness. Sweet flavor with just a slight tang. Largest was 2.2 oz.

Idahowoman · September 19, 2012

Here is my report finally.
I planted 3 seeds on March 26th 2012.
I had 1 seed germinate .
I grew the plant in a raised bed in the hoop house.
It produced the first tomato on July 9th.
I have had many tomatoes from this plant .
It has a good flavor.
Here are a couple of pictures of what I got from my plant.
Thanks Craig for sharing your seed with me.
Susan

July 12, 2012	#19
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	I inadvertently grew out the F1 last year - that produced the cross. The saved seed - which is what I sent out and everyone is growing - is F2. I sowed about 20 seeds - there was subtle stem color variation, with a few (just a few) showing up quite purple. You got a nice result - Purple Smudge size/shape fruit with the Indian Stripe coloring! __________________ Craig

August 11, 2012	#21
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	So the results are in! I planted 3 of these. Plant 1 - very green round golf ball sized fruit when unripe (no shoulder coloring - no purple smudges), ripened to pink - size in the 2 ounce range, firm flesh, nice sweet flavor, in the 7.5 range. Plant 2 - very green round to oblong (deep globe, taller than wide) unripe fruit (no shoulder coloring), ripened to pink - size up to 4-5 ounces, nice sweet flavor here as well - in the 7.5 range. Plant 3 (the one with the most purple on the young seedling stem) - small round to oblate fruit in the 2-4 ounce range, unripe fruit do have the purple dusting of color on the shoulder, which comes from the supposed Purple Smudge parent - but it colors up to purple, the color of Indian Stripe. Haven't tasted yet - this is my last tomato to ripen - very pretty. So just growing three plants, three very different results - none of them looked like the Purple Smudge parent at the unripe stage, but plant 1 is most like it once ripe. None looked like Indian Stripe. Plant 3 is the only one of the three to show attributes of both parents and would be fun to take forward to see what's next. __________________ Craig

May 16, 2012	#16
delltraveller Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 481	The seedling of mine that showed some purple on the stem is growing quite a bit more slowly than the other seedlings. Anyone else seeing something similar?

July 12, 2012	#18
akgardengirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anchorage, AK zone 3/4 Posts: 1,410	What generation of seed is producing the purple stem? I have the F1 seeds and I didn't have any purple stems. Are they the F2's that this is showing up in? Sue B.

August 15, 2012	#22
delltraveller Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 481	None of my plants produced fruit before going to the big tomato patch in the sky, alas!