A glossary of commonly used tomato culture abbreviations - Page 4

POAJoan · May 25, 2011

Abbreviations are great, but I have to agree with Carolyn about forgetfulness. But rather than call it forgetfulness I usually call it Some Timers' Disease.

My grandkids just roll their eyes! Because I fell off of scaffolding 20 years ago and broke my neck I use speech recognition to talk to my computer, and it has a difficult time with abbreviations-so I really have to double check that what I said it is what it is supposed to be. Not too long ago on another form I wanted to put BRF (abbreviations for our stallions name) and did not check the subject line and in nice large letters it proclaimed BARF

Not a very good advertisement. Have a great day everyone. Joan still in a very cold spring Reno with winds that are supposed to be 70 MPH today

Iochroma · June 2, 2011

OK, here's my go at the glossary, humbly submitted with a couple of typo corrections and editorial additions by me to clarify, especially to those not from North America, or those new to gardening. Also, I've added a few words that threw me at first when I first saw them used here.
I left in the many common web acronyms, although I think the list would better serve if it were just tomato-focused.
Please feel free to critique or offer improvements.

AGG -- Aunt Gertie's Gold
AKA -- also known as
ARJR -- Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red
ARGG - Aunt Ruby's German Green
ASAP - as soon as possible
bagged - seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization
b/c -- because
belly button - an inward depression on the blossom end of a tomato
BB --- Bloody Butcher, BrandyBoy
BBH -- Brad's Black Heart
BCW -- Box Car Willie
BER -- blossom end rot
BFT -- Black from Tula
BLT --- RTS (Ruined Tomato Sandwich) Really, it's a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich.
BP --- Black Prince
BT --- Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms
BTD -- Berkeley Tie Dye
BTW -- by the way
BW --- Brandywine
BWPS - Big White Pink Stripes (seems to be marketed by the acronym alone)
Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower
CC --- Cherokee Chocolate
CEC -- cation exchange capacity
ChChoc - Cherokee Chocolate
CG --- Cherokee Green
ChGreen - Cherokee Green
CP --- Cherokee Purple
ChPur - Cherokee Purple
CMV -- cucumber mosaic virus
CRM - concrete reinforcing mesh (same as CRW)
CRW - concrete reinforcing wire (same as CRM)
CSA - community supported agriculture, also known as "subscription farming."
CTV -- Curly Top Virus, also seen as beet leaf curly top virus (BLCTV)
DG -- Dave's Garden® - a garden bulletin board and resource website
Det - determinate
DH --- Dear Husband
DTM -- days to maturity; time (with ideal good conditions) from transplant to mature fruit.
DIY EB = Do-it-yourself Earthbox®. - home-made self-watering plant containers
DW ---Dear Wife
DWS -- Dancing With Smurfs
EB's -- Earthboxes®, a commercial SWC
EF --- Earl's Faux
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
EPB -- Eva Purple Ball
F1 -- a hybrid between two separate lines; the first generation of a newly made hybrid
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
Florida weave - a trellising method
FWIW - for what it's worth
GA --- Gregori's Altai
GDC -- Golden Dwarf Champion
GE --- genetically engineered
GG --- Green Giant
GH --- greenhouse
GJ --- German Johnson
GMG -- Grub's Mystery Green
GMO -- genetically-modified organism
GRS -- German Red Strawberry
GW --- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website
GWR -- green when ripe
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IIRC - if I recall correctly
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMO -- in my opinion
IRL -- in real life
Indet - indeterminate
JBT -- Japanese Black Trifele
JF --- Jaune Flammee
KB --- Kellogg's Breakfast
KBX -- Kellogg's Breakfast, potato leaf
KHP -- Kalman's Hungarian Pink
LC --- Lucky Cross
Lucky X - Lucky Cross
LL --- Little Lucky
LGS -- Lime Green Salad
LOL -- laugh(ing) out loud
LPB -- Large Pink Bulgarian
LYH -- Lillian's Yellow Heirloom
MG --- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer
ML --- Mortgage Lifter
MP --- Marianna's Peace
NAR -- Neve's Azorean Red
NBD -- New Big Dwarf
NCP -- natural cross-pollination
NPK -- Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium - the ratios of the three major nutrients in a fertilizer
NSP -- natural self-pollination
OP -- open-pollinated; a true-breeding line (not an F1 hybrid)
OTOH - on the other hand
OTV - off the vine; also the name of a tomato publication
PL --- potato leaf (not regular leaf)
PM --- private message
PNW -- Pacific North West of the United States
PPM -- part per million - a measurment often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions
PPP -- Pink Ping Pong, or perhaps, rarely, Pale Perfect Purple
RKN -- root knot nematode
RL --- regular leaf
ROFLMAO - rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
SAP -- Sub-Arctic Plenty
SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope
SASBE - self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage)
SESE - Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
SFG -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method
SFT -- Silvery Fir Tree
SH --- southern hemisphere
SHP -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds
SO --- significant other
SOW -- Stump Of the World
SSE -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit organization
stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit
SWC -- self-watering container
TGS(C) - Tomato Grower's Supply Company ®, a seed and supplies website
TMV -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
ToMV -- Tomato Mosaic Virus
TmRSV - Tomato Ring Spot Virus
TSWV - Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
TT --- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website
TT --- Tomato Tone® fertilizer by Espoma
TTC --Texas Tomato Cage
TV --- Tomatoville®, this website
TYLCV - Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
TYVM - thank you very much
TYW -- Tom's Yellow Wonder
V --- Verticillium wilt; a V after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
WOW -- Wall O' Water® - a frost-protection device
YMMV - your mileage may vary ( meaning, your experience may be different)

**Mischka** · June 2, 2011

I have to admire your ambitious undertaking.

All that I can add at this point is one that popped into my head early this morning, after hearing my ram tearing a piece of siding off the back of my home:

PITA as in Pain In The Arse.

And it's a good thing that I don't have any neighbors close by, because the string of obscenities I yelled out the window (at him) would have made a sailor blush.

Iochroma · June 3, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mischka

I have to admire your ambitious undertaking.

All that I can add at this point is one that popped into my head early this morning, after hearing my ram tearing a piece of siding off the back of my home:

PITA as in Pain In The Arse.

And it's a good thing that I don't have any neighbors close by, because the string of obscenities I yelled out the window (at him) would have made a sailor blush.

Thanks. It was nothing.

So sorry about your siding.

I'm not a big fan of males of the cloven-hoof crowd. They smell, they have attitude, they have no respect for property. Don't treat their women-folk very well either. Obscenities have no effect them FWIW. But you know that.

I have no advice for you on your ram problem, sorry; there is a procedure called ochidectomy you may wish to investigate... It does delimit their breeding potential.

I once had an acquaintance with a parrot named PITA...

salix · June 2, 2011

Dave, welcome to Tomatoville, and thank you for the time/work you put into making a lovely alphabetized list for us. You may want to add "Pale Perfect Purple" as an alternative for PPP.

Iochroma · June 3, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by salix

Dave, welcome to Tomatoville, and thank you for the time/work you put into making a lovely alphabetized list for us. You may want to add "Pale Perfect Purple" as an alternative for PPP.

OK. That's new one on me. I've added it.

dice · June 2, 2011

TT - Totally Tomatoes, a vendor website
IANAL - I am not a lawyer (someone discussing legal issues
whose opinion is not based on a formal law school education)
BP - Black Prince (alt: British Petroleum)

Iochroma · June 3, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by dice

TT - Totally Tomatoes, a vendor website
IANAL - I am not a lawyer (someone discussing legal issues
whose opinion is not based on a formal law school education)
BP - Black Prince (alt: British Petroleum)

TT is in there.

I usually see IANAL as IANAL(BIPOOTV) On WebMD, this would be IANAD...

Black Prince has been included. British Petroleum, beyond petroleum, and others, have not. This is about tomatoes, FGS.

dice · June 3, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by lochroma

TT is in there.

It is in there as an online forum website. They may have one, but that
is not Totally Tomatoes main purpose. They are a seed and gardening
products vendor (the only retail source of seed for the group of Goliath
F1 hybrids, for example): http://www.totallytomato.com/

PPM - parts per million (a measure commonly used in soil tests for
nutrient levels in soil)

Iochroma · June 3, 2011

Ah, thanks for that clarification on TT. Corrected.

PPM added

Iochroma · June 17, 2011

I have encountered a few terms that are not in the glossary yet; perhaps the experts can help by offering a concise definition to add to the list. These are a few:
Catfaced
Stitching
Belly Buttons

**carolyn137** · June 17, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iochroma

I have encountered a few terms that are not in the glossary yet; perhaps the experts can help by offering a concise definition to add to the list. These are a few:
Catfaced
Stitching
Belly Buttons

I went back to post #1 in this thread and read through and the intent was to define abbreviations and I still think that's a good idea.

Sure, there's catfacing and stiching and belly buttons, and I could add interveinal chlorosis, concentric and radial cracking and horizontal cracking, and so much more, but I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to just stick with the most COMMON abbreviations.

COMMON b'c I sure can think of many other abbreviations that I've seen here that are used by only a few folks.

Not to take away from all the contributions that so many have suggested but I do wonder if we want to get into non-abbreviated terms, which, quite frankly, could be book length in nature.

As I often say to many, Google is your friend, and it really is for terms that are used, and this list of abbreviations is also valuable.

Want me to start making abbreviations for all the tomato varieties I've grown? Just kidding, really.

Iochroma · June 18, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomatoguy

After reading Thawley's post about PL and RL, I figured it wouldn't hurt to have a glossary for the folks who are new to our abbreviated language. I will get the ball rolling. Feel free to add some tomato and gardening terms that appear here on the forum.
...

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I went back to post #1 in this thread and read through and the intent was to define abbreviations and I still think that's a good idea.

Sure, there's catfacing and stiching and belly buttons, and I could add interveinal chlorosis, concentric and radial cracking and horizontal cracking, and so much more, but I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to just stick with the most COMMON abbreviations.

COMMON b'c I sure can think of many other abbreviations that I've seen here that are used by only a few folks....

Carolyn, thanks for your response, and, with all due respect: I am sort of new to the specific language around tomatoes, and while I am an experienced horticulturist, those three terms threw me when used about a tomato. Cracking and Chlorosis are a bit more widely used.

I think you were right with the idea of keeping the glossary concise, but it's got everything anyone suggested. Maybe some other member with a better editorial eye will revamp it in their own way.

dice · June 17, 2011

CEC: cation exchange capacity - the maximum quantity of total cations
that a soil is capable of holding, at a given pH value, for exchange with
the soil solution. (Definition courtesy Wikipedia)

Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination
of a flower.

Stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit.

Belly Buttons - an inward depression on the blossom end of a ripe
tomato.

(If anyone has better definitions of any of these, feel free to chime in.)

Iochroma · June 18, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by dice

CEC: cation exchange capacity - the maximum quantity of total cations
that a soil is capable of holding, at a given pH value, for exchange with
the soil solution. (Definition courtesy Wikipedia)

Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination
of a flower.

Stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit.

Belly Buttons - an inward depression on the blossom end of a ripe
tomato.

(If anyone has better definitions of any of these, feel free to chime in.)

Thanks Dice.

found this: from the Double-tongued Dictionary
cat face

n. aberrant surface features or an irregular appearance on fruit, vegetables, or trees, especially when caused by healthy tissue growing over damage.

Your definition is more to the point. Added.

June 2, 2011	#2
Iochroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 49	All together now OK, here's my go at the glossary, humbly submitted with a couple of typo corrections and editorial additions by me to clarify, especially to those not from North America, or those new to gardening. Also, I've added a few words that threw me at first when I first saw them used here. I left in the many common web acronyms, although I think the list would better serve if it were just tomato-focused. Please feel free to critique or offer improvements. AGG -- Aunt Gertie's Gold AKA -- also known as ARJR -- Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red ARGG - Aunt Ruby's German Green ASAP - as soon as possible bagged - seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization b/c -- because belly button - an inward depression on the blossom end of a tomato BB --- Bloody Butcher, BrandyBoy BBH -- Brad's Black Heart BCW -- Box Car Willie BER -- blossom end rot BFT -- Black from Tula BLT --- RTS (Ruined Tomato Sandwich) Really, it's a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich. BP --- Black Prince BT --- Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms BTD -- Berkeley Tie Dye BTW -- by the way BW --- Brandywine BWPS - Big White Pink Stripes (seems to be marketed by the acronym alone) Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower CC --- Cherokee Chocolate CEC -- cation exchange capacity ChChoc - Cherokee Chocolate CG --- Cherokee Green ChGreen - Cherokee Green CP --- Cherokee Purple ChPur - Cherokee Purple CMV -- cucumber mosaic virus CRM - concrete reinforcing mesh (same as CRW) CRW - concrete reinforcing wire (same as CRM) CSA - community supported agriculture, also known as "subscription farming." CTV -- Curly Top Virus, also seen as beet leaf curly top virus (BLCTV) DG -- Dave's Garden® - a garden bulletin board and resource website Det - determinate DH --- Dear Husband DTM -- days to maturity; time (with ideal good conditions) from transplant to mature fruit. DIY EB = Do-it-yourself Earthbox®. - home-made self-watering plant containers DW ---Dear Wife DWS -- Dancing With Smurfs EB's -- Earthboxes®, a commercial SWC EF --- Earl's Faux EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency EPB -- Eva Purple Ball F1 -- a hybrid between two separate lines; the first generation of a newly made hybrid F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt Florida weave - a trellising method FWIW - for what it's worth GA --- Gregori's Altai GDC -- Golden Dwarf Champion GE --- genetically engineered GG --- Green Giant GH --- greenhouse GJ --- German Johnson GMG -- Grub's Mystery Green GMO -- genetically-modified organism GRS -- German Red Strawberry GW --- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website GWR -- green when ripe IANAL - I am not a lawyer IIRC - if I recall correctly IMHO - in my humble opinion IMO -- in my opinion IRL -- in real life Indet - indeterminate JBT -- Japanese Black Trifele JF --- Jaune Flammee KB --- Kellogg's Breakfast KBX -- Kellogg's Breakfast, potato leaf KHP -- Kalman's Hungarian Pink LC --- Lucky Cross Lucky X - Lucky Cross LL --- Little Lucky LGS -- Lime Green Salad LOL -- laugh(ing) out loud LPB -- Large Pink Bulgarian LYH -- Lillian's Yellow Heirloom MG --- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer ML --- Mortgage Lifter MP --- Marianna's Peace NAR -- Neve's Azorean Red NBD -- New Big Dwarf NCP -- natural cross-pollination NPK -- Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium - the ratios of the three major nutrients in a fertilizer NSP -- natural self-pollination OP -- open-pollinated; a true-breeding line (not an F1 hybrid) OTOH - on the other hand OTV - off the vine; also the name of a tomato publication PL --- potato leaf (not regular leaf) PM --- private message PNW -- Pacific North West of the United States PPM -- part per million - a measurment often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions PPP -- Pink Ping Pong, or perhaps, rarely, Pale Perfect Purple RKN -- root knot nematode RL --- regular leaf ROFLMAO - rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off SAP -- Sub-Arctic Plenty SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope SASBE - self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage) SESE - Southern Exposure Seed Exchange SFG -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method SFT -- Silvery Fir Tree SH --- southern hemisphere SHP -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds SO --- significant other SOW -- Stump Of the World SSE -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit organization stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit SWC -- self-watering container TGS(C) - Tomato Grower's Supply Company ®, a seed and supplies website TMV -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus ToMV -- Tomato Mosaic Virus TmRSV - Tomato Ring Spot Virus TSWV - Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus TT --- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website TT --- Tomato Tone® fertilizer by Espoma TTC --Texas Tomato Cage TV --- Tomatoville®, this website TYLCV - Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus TYVM - thank you very much TYW -- Tom's Yellow Wonder V --- Verticillium wilt; a V after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt WOW -- Wall O' Water® - a frost-protection device YMMV - your mileage may vary ( meaning, your experience may be different) Last edited by Iochroma; July 25, 2011 at 05:24 AM. Reason: additions

June 2, 2011	#3
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	I have to admire your ambitious undertaking. All that I can add at this point is one that popped into my head early this morning, after hearing my ram tearing a piece of siding off the back of my home: PITA as in Pain In The Arse. And it's a good thing that I don't have any neighbors close by, because the string of obscenities I yelled out the window (at him) would have made a sailor blush. __________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

June 2, 2011	#7
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	TT - Totally Tomatoes, a vendor website IANAL - I am not a lawyer (someone discussing legal issues whose opinion is not based on a formal law school education) BP - Black Prince (alt: British Petroleum) __________________ -- alias

June 17, 2011	#11
Iochroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 49	Cat-faced? I have encountered a few terms that are not in the glossary yet; perhaps the experts can help by offering a concise definition to add to the list. These are a few: Catfaced Stitching Belly Buttons

June 17, 2011	#14
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	CEC: cation exchange capacity - the maximum quantity of total cations that a soil is capable of holding, at a given pH value, for exchange with the soil solution. (Definition courtesy Wikipedia) Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower. Stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit. Belly Buttons - an inward depression on the blossom end of a ripe tomato. (If anyone has better definitions of any of these, feel free to chime in.) __________________ -- alias

May 25, 2011	#1
POAJoan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Reno Posts: 89	Forgetfulness Abbreviations are great, but I have to agree with Carolyn about forgetfulness. But rather than call it forgetfulness I usually call it Some Timers' Disease. My grandkids just roll their eyes! Because I fell off of scaffolding 20 years ago and broke my neck I use speech recognition to talk to my computer, and it has a difficult time with abbreviations-so I really have to double check that what I said it is what it is supposed to be. Not too long ago on another form I wanted to put BRF (abbreviations for our stallions name) and did not check the subject line and in nice large letters it proclaimed BARFNot a very good advertisement. Have a great day everyone. Joan still in a very cold spring Reno with winds that are supposed to be 70 MPH today

June 2, 2011	#5
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Dave, welcome to Tomatoville, and thank you for the time/work you put into making a lovely alphabetized list for us. You may want to add "Pale Perfect Purple" as an alternative for PPP.

June 3, 2011	#10
Iochroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 49	Ah, thanks for that clarification on TT. Corrected. PPM added