Is sweet sue stable?

[Scooty]

I understand the concern. However, I think though those are two separate discussions. There's one regarding identification, stability, etc... There's a separate one about seed etiquette. The two are not mutually exclusive, but they are independent of one another.

Since the original issue that Tash brought up was the first, I felt there's no need to drag the latter into the mix. Ultimately, it gets tricky when you start discussing both, because you can't force someone to not rename what they think is an off-type (stray, cross, or mutation). Nor can you force them to destroy the seed or not trade it. There's a recent thread discussing this issue where things got a bit heated along the same line, as discussing both seems to become eventually descended into a heated debate instead of a thoughtful discussion.

If someone had a different view on trade/saving etiquette, I would think those with a withholding view of unknown seed would actually be motivated even more to assist in a positive identification to stymie any future varietal name confusion.

[Tormato]

My question is, was Sweet Sue stable in 2011?

[ContainerTed]

Originally Posted by Tormato

My question is, was Sweet Sue stable in 2011?

I can vouch that the 2011 seed sent to me to produce the release quantities was stable. I produced over 3000 seeds and they were from F10 seed. What I sent out in 2012 was F11 generation. The seed trail had been showing the same physical appearance since generation F4 and was grown in both the northern and southern hemispheres. In 2012, I grew 7 plants and they were all the same. Hower, I chose to use only two of the plants for harvesting seeds. Those plants were in containers up here near the house and not within 75 feet of any other tomato plant of any other variety and were even upwind of the main garden and a small cluster of containers.