April 1, 2015 | #31 |
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Near term, a sweet and tasty saladette tomato that brix 14 and tastes like tropical fruit blended with brandywine tomato. How far are we from having it? At most 2 more generations of growing out plants.
Longer term, there are a ton of improvements we can make in disease and pest tolerance and flavor. |
April 1, 2015 | #32 | |
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April 1, 2015 | #33 |
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A series of 4 to 5 foot tall, self pruning, semi-determinates with multiple disease resistances, long shelf life, high vitamin content, heirloom looks, crack free, hotset, low temp tolerant, and fruit in various sizes, colors, and variable degrees of sweet/tart balance with full tomato flavor.
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Not a problem, I'll send you some seeds. Carolyn
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April 2, 2015 | #35 |
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Getting close here.
If I live long enough, I'll send you seeds. |
April 2, 2015 | #36 |
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There are lots of tomato varieties that make Icicle shaped tomato fruit like Green Sausage, how about a blue one?
Bonus points if it is tasty. |
April 2, 2015 | #37 |
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The grafting seems to be gaining momentum? I just saw (for the first time) $16 Mighty Mato Tomato plants at our local nursery. I personally wouldn't pay that much but the idea of grafting a hybrid with an heirloom is very exciting to me. Also, a good tasting blue variety would be great! I haven't had one yet that I liked... I know those who don't grow tomatoes are totally fascinated with the blues... They LOOK awesome...
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Assuming the root stock has tolerances, no such thing as total resistance, to several soil borne diseases, which they do, and one lives in an area where they are prevalent it might make some sense. But the most common tomato diseases worldwide are the foliage diseases so grafting an heirloom tomato to such rootstocks IMO doesn't make much sense for lots of tomato growers. As to the claimed increase in fruit yield, I remain unconvinced as to those claims. Carolyn
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April 2, 2015 | #39 |
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Agreeing with the OP, I believe the next big thing will be different colored stripes, speckles and all variations of these, in many different color combinations.
Blue ones are already having their heyday but I believe it is a passing fad - unless there will be blue varieties as tasty as the black and yellow/oranges... |
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April 3, 2015 | #42 |
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Tomatoes named Candy, Chocolate, Sweet and so on.
I wish, I hope they will taste so. There are many sweet tomatoes, there are none taste like chocolate...
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April 3, 2015 | #43 |
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Yes charline, I don't doubt Amethyst jewel tastes good..
I have been blessed to grow some of the frogleapfarms' varieties, also a few from Artisan seeds. No doubt the trend continues to rise and bring on even more amazing ones with even more elaborate patterns. |
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PS did you forget to mention high yield and (relatively) early bearing? |
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That would be wonderful if there were square tomatoes because the bread I eat are squared shape. Hoping it will be available during my lifetime
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