A name by any other - Page 2

pauldavid · February 11, 2016

I like the ones with a family name. I like the history, embellished or not. I like the commercial heirlooms because they usually have a well documented history but I also like the unusual such as: Vorlon, Girl Girl's Weird Thing, Spudakee, Spudatula, Grub's Mystery Green, Not Purple Strawberry, etc. Gives a sense of mystery. I guess that I like them all.

sjamesNorway · February 11, 2016

Faworyt
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka
Maya and Sion’s Airdrie Classic
Ten Hung Tan Chieh
Cosmonaut Volkov
Sakharnyi Pudovichok
Dwarf Blazing Beauty
Seek No Further Love Apple
Rebel Yell
Cowlick's Brandywine
Druzba
Pink Berkeley Tie-Die
Crnkovic Yugoslavian
Couilles de Taureau
Grightmire’s Pride
Neves Azorean Red
Fish Lake Oxheart
Napoli a Fiaschetto
Rosa de Somontano
George Detsikas Italian Red
German Johnson, Benton’s Strain

Aren't all these names great? There's a whole world of varieties out there. I wouldn’t choose them just because of the names, though. They all come with recommendations from people here at Tomatoville. Just knowing that I'll have tiny seeds for all of these (many with the help of friends here), and can grow them into large plants yielding delicious tomatoes, is wonderful to look forward to.

Steve

PureHarvest · February 11, 2016

See: The Lego movie
An absolute yes the name is key.
Plus people love to name drop in all aspects of life.

ginger2778 · February 11, 2016

Sinister Minister

natural · February 11, 2016

My best selling tomato plant every year is Dolly Parton.

pauldavid · February 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by natural

My best selling tomato plant every year is Dolly Parton.

I haven't heard of that one before. Now that's a name to live up to.

travis · February 11, 2016

Two comments ...

Ginger, thank you for inserting the apostrophe into Girl Girl's Weird Thing. I see it typed without the apostrophe more often that with, and it just doesn't make as much sense (Girl Girls Weird Thing ... when I read it too quickly, read that as Girls Girls, Weird Things). Who is Girl Girl anyway? I never figured that one out.

Now, as to The Thong. I think I remember that name coming from an incident where a particular tomato discussion board member had to remove her flip flop (not her "thong" thank goodness) to swat a apider or an insect that was crawling across her tractor steering wheel ... if remember the story correctly.

The story this lady told online was so hilarious that subsequently someone memorialized it by naming a tomato The Thong.

Worth1 · February 11, 2016

Girl Girl is a dog that found the tomato.

Worth

joseph · February 11, 2016

I prefer pragmatic names. So "Red Tomato #37" works really well for me. It tells me something about the phenotype of the tomato which I value more than a pedigree. "Small Red Tomato #37" would work even better for me. "Small Red Pear Tomato #37" is really getting me excited.

I don't care much about history, or pedigrees, or nostalgia. I care about how a variety grew last year in my garden... If a new variety grew well enough in my garden for me to save seed from it, then I am going to rename it anyway. "Early Girl F1" is likely to become "Red Determinate Saladette" after I save seeds from it. Descendants of Sungold eventually became Sun-1, Sun-4, "Sun-Frost Tolerant", etc...

Tormato · February 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by rhines81

Just going to throw this out there ....

What's in a name and do you really think people love a certain tomato on the namesake alone?

For example: Assuming all parameters (taste, growth, etc...) are the same, would you rather grow a variety called "Psycho Starship Zinger" or a variety named "Red Tomato #37" ???

Sometimes when I name a tomato,

ing that tomato doesn't come into play.

Elbonian Mud Ball
Ursa Major Disappointment
Wretched Heart
etc...

I'm working on Soylent Blue, too.

heirloomtomaguy · February 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by travis

Two comments ...

Ginger, thank you for inserting the apostrophe into Girl Girl's Weird Thing. I see it typed without the apostrophe more often that with, and it just doesn't make as much sense (Girl Girls Weird Thing ... when I read it too quickly, read that as Girls Girls, Weird Things). Who is Girl Girl anyway? I never figured that one out.

Now, as to The Thong. I think I remember that name coming from an incident where a particular tomato discussion board member had to remove her flip flop (not her "thong" thank goodness) to swat a apider or an insect that was crawling across her tractor steering wheel ... if remember the story correctly.

The story this lady told online was so hilarious that subsequently someone memorialized it by naming a tomato The Thong.

Thanks Travis for some info on "The Thong". I always wondered how it got such a name.

rhines81 · February 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by joseph

I prefer pragmatic names. So "Red Tomato #37" works really well for me. It tells me something about the phenotype of the tomato which I value more than a pedigree. "Small Red Tomato #37" would work even better for me. "Small Red Pear Tomato #37" is really getting me excited.

I don't care much about history, or pedigrees, or nostalgia. I care about how a variety grew last year in my garden... If a new variety grew well enough in my garden for me to save seed from it, then I am going to rename it anyway. "Early Girl F1" is likely to become "Red Determinate Saladette" after I save seeds from it. Descendants of Sungold eventually became Sun-1, Sun-4, "Sun-Frost Tolerant", etc...

Thank you Joseph, I always know there are practical people out there somewhere. Just because a tomato's name has a story around it does not make it productive or tasty. I'd prefer a descriptive name of what I was growing. I guess the numbering system would be better replaced with more adjectives. "Early Season Productive Frost Tolerant Delicious Black Cherry Tomatoes"

joseph · February 12, 2016

I just pulled out my tomato seeds to look at the names. Here's some of my favorites.

Very Early Fern-Leaved Determinate Slicer
Little Long-Keeper Productive Bland Cardboard-like Determinate Paste
Very Late Indeterminate Hillbilly Not Blemished With Spots
Great Tasting Wild Cross Orange Cherry Indeterminate
Wild Cross Dwarf
Frost Tolerant Current
DXX-M
HX-9

NarnianGarden · February 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by joseph

Little Long-Keeper Productive Bland Cardboard-like Determinate Paste

This!

kath · February 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by joseph

I just pulled out my tomato seeds to look at the names. Here's some of my favorites.

Very Early Fern-Leaved Determinate Slicer
Little Long-Keeper Productive Bland Cardboard-like Determinate Paste
Very Late Indeterminate Hillbilly Not Blemished With Spots
Great Tasting Wild Cross Orange Cherry Indeterminate
Wild Cross Dwarf
Frost Tolerant Current

Very practical, yet amusing!

February 11, 2016	#22
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Two comments ... Ginger, thank you for inserting the apostrophe into Girl Girl's Weird Thing. I see it typed without the apostrophe more often that with, and it just doesn't make as much sense (Girl Girls Weird Thing ... when I read it too quickly, read that as Girls Girls, Weird Things). Who is Girl Girl anyway? I never figured that one out. Now, as to The Thong. I think I remember that name coming from an incident where a particular tomato discussion board member had to remove her flip flop (not her "thong" thank goodness) to swat a apider or an insect that was crawling across her tractor steering wheel ... if remember the story correctly. The story this lady told online was so hilarious that subsequently someone memorialized it by naming a tomato The Thong. Last edited by travis; February 11, 2016 at 11:03 AM.

February 11, 2016	#16
pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	I like the ones with a family name. I like the history, embellished or not. I like the commercial heirlooms because they usually have a well documented history but I also like the unusual such as: Vorlon, Girl Girl's Weird Thing, Spudakee, Spudatula, Grub's Mystery Green, Not Purple Strawberry, etc. Gives a sense of mystery. I guess that I like them all.

February 11, 2016	#17
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	Faworyt Malakhitovaya Shkatulka Maya and Sion’s Airdrie Classic Ten Hung Tan Chieh Cosmonaut Volkov Sakharnyi Pudovichok Dwarf Blazing Beauty Seek No Further Love Apple Rebel Yell Cowlick's Brandywine Druzba Pink Berkeley Tie-Die Crnkovic Yugoslavian Couilles de Taureau Grightmire’s Pride Neves Azorean Red Fish Lake Oxheart Napoli a Fiaschetto Rosa de Somontano George Detsikas Italian Red German Johnson, Benton’s Strain Aren't all these names great? There's a whole world of varieties out there. I wouldn’t choose them just because of the names, though. They all come with recommendations from people here at Tomatoville. Just knowing that I'll have tiny seeds for all of these (many with the help of friends here), and can grow them into large plants yielding delicious tomatoes, is wonderful to look forward to. Steve

February 11, 2016	#18
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	See: The Lego movie An absolute yes the name is key. Plus people love to name drop in all aspects of life.

February 11, 2016	#19
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Sinister Minister

February 11, 2016	#20
natural Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North GA Posts: 530	My best selling tomato plant every year is Dolly Parton.

February 11, 2016	#23
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Girl Girl is a dog that found the tomato. Worth

February 11, 2016	#24
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I prefer pragmatic names. So "Red Tomato #37" works really well for me. It tells me something about the phenotype of the tomato which I value more than a pedigree. "Small Red Tomato #37" would work even better for me. "Small Red Pear Tomato #37" is really getting me excited. I don't care much about history, or pedigrees, or nostalgia. I care about how a variety grew last year in my garden... If a new variety grew well enough in my garden for me to save seed from it, then I am going to rename it anyway. "Early Girl F1" is likely to become "Red Determinate Saladette" after I save seeds from it. Descendants of Sungold eventually became Sun-1, Sun-4, "Sun-Frost Tolerant", etc...

February 12, 2016	#28
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I just pulled out my tomato seeds to look at the names. Here's some of my favorites. Very Early Fern-Leaved Determinate Slicer Little Long-Keeper Productive Bland Cardboard-like Determinate Paste Very Late Indeterminate Hillbilly Not Blemished With Spots Great Tasting Wild Cross Orange Cherry Indeterminate Wild Cross Dwarf Frost Tolerant Current DXX-M HX-9