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Minnesota Mato · July 9, 2015

my multiflora cross is setting flowers.

bower · July 10, 2015

Wow!... those clusters are intense!

BreedersUnited · July 15, 2015

Excellent job!

BigVanVader · July 15, 2015

Which number do you have MM?

Minnesota Mato · July 15, 2015

number of what?

BigVanVader · July 15, 2015

Oh sorry I got threads confused and thought you were growing one of ChrisK's crosses. What is yours a cross of?

Minnesota Mato · July 15, 2015

the cross was a f3 of Carolina gold x red centiflor. I did the cross with the red centiflor because it was the biggest, strongest, healthiest plant in the garden. I am looking to breed a tomato with the tangerine gene but the centiflor has been kind of a fun side track.

AdrianaG · August 7, 2015

Is anybody crossing Dwarfs with Multiflora?

dfollett · August 8, 2015

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Originally Posted by AdrianaG

Is anybody crossing Dwarfs with Multiflora?

ChrisK has some fascinating lines he is working on. He has a thread in this forum - "Micro-tomato crosses" that includes information about some dwarf multiflora along with other regular micro and micro multiflora lines he is working on.

I am growing out an F1 of a dwarf crossed with a micro-multiflora of Chris' that I am helping him with. The F1 is an extremely early - less than 50 days - heavy producing dwarf plant with red 1-2 oz round fruit. Its mama was a micro multiflora with small red cherry size fruits and its papa was a dwarf that produced great tasting, large, 8-10 oz red w/green striped fruit.

I just started the first batch of F2s, which should be 3/4 dwarf - 1/4 micro and each of those groups should be 3/4 normal flora and 1/4 multiflora. What the fruit end up like is going to be the interesting and fun part.

I also attempted crosses of the same micro multiflora line with 7 other different dwarfs this summer. Time will tell whether or not the crosses were successful as I haven't collected the seed yet. Next summer could be interesting.

After posting this I noticed that you have posted in ChrisK's thread, so I didn't need to make you aware of his work.....

AdrianaG · August 8, 2015

Dfollett, are your dwarfs from the Dwarf Project? Can't wait to see what the next generations bring. It's like Christmas all summer long!

dfollett · August 9, 2015

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Originally Posted by AdrianaG

Dfollett, are your dwarfs from the Dwarf Project? Can't wait to see what the next generations bring. It's like Christmas all summer long!

Yes they are.

ilex · August 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by ChrisK

I'd be curious to know the actual breeding history of these. I've found only cryptic mentions of it being maybe a three way with wild species. Bred by Al Kapular, I think. He appears to have a number that he calls "centiflor hypertress"

Where do European lines come from?

**carolyn137** · August 13, 2015

I read some of the posts in this thread but not all and some mentioned Alan Kapuler whom I once knew since he listed varieties in the SSE YEabooks, so I fetched his Peace Seeds site where he describes all the hypertress varieties that he, his daughter, etc., developed'

it's a long list so scroll down until you come to tomatoes since flowers come first.

http://peaceseedslive.blogspot.com/

Hope that helps.

Carolyn

ilex · August 13, 2015

My question comes because I know a couple such varieties from Spain, and I doubt they come from Alan's work.

maf · August 13, 2015

There seems to be quite a tradition of European multiflora varieties that predate Dr Kapuler's work by some time, (Blondköpfchen, Ildi, Mirabell, Riesentraube etc.) but I have no idea of their official history.

August 13, 2015	#43
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I read some of the posts in this thread but not all and some mentioned Alan Kapuler whom I once knew since he listed varieties in the SSE YEabooks, so I fetched his Peace Seeds site where he describes all the hypertress varieties that he, his daughter, etc., developed' it's a long list so scroll down until you come to tomatoes since flowers come first. http://peaceseedslive.blogspot.com/ Hope that helps. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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ilex Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Spain Posts: 416	My question comes because I know a couple such varieties from Spain, and I doubt they come from Alan's work. Last edited by ilex; August 13, 2015 at 12:07 PM.

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bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Wow!... those clusters are intense!

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BreedersUnited Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: North Dakota Posts: 10	Excellent job!

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BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Which number do you have MM?

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Minnesota Mato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: minnesota Posts: 175	number of what?

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AdrianaG Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 153	Is anybody crossing Dwarfs with Multiflora?

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AdrianaG Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 153	Dfollett, are your dwarfs from the Dwarf Project? Can't wait to see what the next generations bring. It's like Christmas all summer long!

August 13, 2015	#45
maf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 512	There seems to be quite a tradition of European multiflora varieties that predate Dr Kapuler's work by some time, (Blondköpfchen, Ildi, Mirabell, Riesentraube etc.) but I have no idea of their official history.