A glossary of commonly used tomato culture abbreviations

[PennyM]

Great idea.
Thanks for the help, y'all.
Penny

[semi_lucid]

What does OTV "off the vine" mean?

As in "Brandywine OTV" or Rutgers OTV ?

?

[Mischka]

OTV = Off The Vine; a newsletter that Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male once published.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Mischka

OTV = Off The Vine; a newsletter that Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male once published.

And we called the variety OTV Brandywine for the following reason.

Craig had sent out seeds of Yellow Brandywine and got back seeds of a great looking red beesteak, PL, and a picture with it.

Since I had much more room tha ne did I offered to dehybridize those crossed seeds and had to go out to the F5, aka 5 years, before it was genetically stable.

I know lots of different versions of Rutgers but not one called Rutgers OTV.

[semi_lucid]

I may be mis-remembering the Rutgers OTV, I thought I seen it somewhere in a seed catalog, but I don't remember where.

I understand now, OTV Brandywine is a named variety.

Thanks.
john

[feldon30]

Tomato and Gardening Glossary and Abbreviations

AGG -- Aunt Gertie's Gold; a yellowish-orange or gold late season beefsteak

ARGG -- Aunt Ruby's German Green; a green-when-ripe beefsteak tomato

bagged -- seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization by insects

BB -- Bloody Butcher; a productive red saladette regular-leaf tomato

BB -- Brandy Boy; a hybrid of Brandywine developed by Burpee Seed Co

BBH -- Brad's Black Heart; a large oxheart purple tomato; developed by Brad Gates

BCW -- Box Car Willie; a medium red oblate tomato; an off-type exists

beefsteak -- a traditional tomato shape, slightly flattened with large shoulders that produces large slices

BER -- blossom end rot; a calcium deficiency remedied by consistent watering and application of mulch

BFT -- Black from Tula; a medium purple oblate tomato

BP -- Black Prince

Brandywine OTV -- large red beefsteak tomato named after "Off The Vine", a newsletter once published by Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male.

BT -- Bacillus thuringiensis; a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms; marketed as Dipel Dust or BT Worm Killer

BTD -- Berkeley Tie Dye; a medium green-when-ripe tomato with red and purple striations; developed by Brad Gates

BW -- typically refers to the large pink Brandywine saved Ben Quisenberry; or one of the many tomato varieties with the "Brandywine" moniker including Red Brandywine, Brandywine (pink, Sudduth's), etc.

BWS -- Brandywine Sudduth's; the "original" pink beefsteak known for excellent flavor and finicky productivity; seeds provided to Ben Quisenberry by Dorris Sudduth Hill; grown since the 1880's

BWPS -- Big White Pink Stripes (sometimes marketed by the acronym alone); large pale peach-colored beefsteak with faint pink blush

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

CC -- Cherokee Chocolate; a dusky purple beefsteak tomato

CG -- Cherokee Green; a green-when-ripe beefsteak regular-leaf tomato

CP -- Cherokee Purple; a purple beefsteak regular-leaf tomato; discovered by craig LeHoullier

CMV -- cucumber mosaic virus

CRM -- concrete reinforcing mesh

CRW -- concrete reinforcing wire

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; a tomato variety that produces in one harvest

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

DWS -- Dancing With Smurfs

Dwarf -- a tomato plant with rough thick rugose-type foliage; a compact tomato variety suitable for container growing; may be determinate or indeterminate in habit

EB's -- Earthboxes®, a commercial self-watering container

EF -- Earl's Faux; a pink potato-leaf beefsteak; discovered by Earl Cadenhead

EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency

EPB -- Eva Purple Ball; a pink saladette tomato

F1 -- a hybrid "cross" between two different tomato varieties; the first generation of a newly made hybrid

F -- Fusarium wilt; a soilborn fungal disease; "F" after a variety name indicates disease tolerance

Florida weave -- a trellising method

GA -- Gregori's Altai; an early pink beefsteak tomato

GDC -- Golden Dwarf Champion; a yellow saladette tomato produced on a compact rugose dwarf tomato plant; from Burpee Seed Co (1899)

GE -- genetically engineered

GG -- Green Giant; a green-when-ripe beefsteak tomato

GH -- greenhouse

GJ -- German Johnson; large pink beefsteak produced on a regular-leaf tomato plant

GMG -- Grub's Mystery Green; a green-when-ripe beefsteak tomato; discovered by David "Grub" Lockwood

GMO -- genetically-modified organism

GRS -- German Red Strawberry; large red oxheart tomato

GW -- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website

GWR -- green-when-ripe tomato

Indet -- indeterminate (produces tomatoes over an extended period)

JBT -- Japanese Black Trifele; dusky black pear-shaped medium tomato; commercial Russian variety

JF -- Jaune Flammée; orange saladette with red interior; French family heirloom which translates to "fiery yellow"

KB -- Kellogg's Breakfast; large orange beefsteak regular-leaf tomato; discovered by Darrell Kellogg

KBX -- potato-leaf variation on Kellogg's Breakfast

KHP -- Kalman's Hungarian Pink; a pink plum regular-leaf tomato;

LC -- Lucky Cross; a reddish-yellow bicolor potato-leaf beefsteak; possible cross of Brandywine and Tigerella stabilized by Craig LeHoullier and Larry Bohs

Lucky X -- Lucky Cross; see above

LL -- Little Lucky; a golden oblate tomato with bright red blush and striking pink internal pink marbling; cousin to Lucky Cross

LGS -- Lime Green Salad; a green-when-ripe saladette tomato produced on a compact rugose dwarf tomato plant; developed by Tom Wagner

LPB -- Large Pink Bulgarian; medium pink regular-leaf beefsteak tomato of Bulgarian origins

LYH -- Lillian's Yellow Heirloom; large yellow potato-leaf beefsteak tomato

MG -- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer

ML -- Mortgage Lifter; large regular-leaf pink beefsteak; conflicting histories abound about a radiator repairman who crossed 4 large varieties and used the profits of either the fruit or seedlings to pay off his mortgage

MP -- Marianna's Peace; large pink potato-leaf beefsteaf; originally vended for $25/pack by Gary Ibsen of Tomatofest

NAR -- Neves Azorean Red; a large red regular-leaf beefsteak; initially distributed by Carolyn Male, originally from Anthony Neves, founder of Neptune Harvest

NBD -- New Big Dwarf; a medium pink beefsteak tomato produced on a compact rugose dwarf tomato plant; Isbell's Seed Company (1900's)

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 stable variety that will grow "true" if seeds are saved (not an F1 hybrid)

OTV -- "Off The Vine", a newsletter once published by Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male.

PL -- potato leaf; a tomato variety with leaves shaped more like those of a potato plant; not regular-leaf

PPP -- Pink Ping Pong, or perhaps, rarely, Pale Perfect Purple

RKN -- root knot nematode; a soilborne pest which attacks the roots of tomato plants

RL -- regular leaf; a tomato variety with traditionally-shaped tomato plant leaves

SAP -- Sub-Arctic Plenty; very early red saladette ideal for containers; developed by Dr. Harris

SESE -- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

SFG -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method

SFT -- Silvery Fir Tree; a sharp red saladette tomato from a compact plant with carrot-like feathered foliage; a traditional Russian variety

SHP -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds

SOTW -- Stump Of the World; a large pink potato-leaf beefsteak; saved by Ben Quisenberry

SSE -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit seed preservation 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; a fast-acting difficult-to-control fruit and foliage disease transmitted by thrips

TT -- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website

TT -- Tomato Tone® OMRI fertilizer by Espoma

TTC -- Texas Tomato Cage

TV -- Tomatoville® - this website

TYLCV -- Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus

TYW -- Tom's Yellow Wonder; pale yellow medium regular-leaf beefsteak; discovered by Tom Micholas as a likely cross of Wonder Light and Pineapple

V -- Verticillium wilt; a soilborne fungal disease; "V" after a variety name indicates disease tolerance

WOW -- Wall O' Water®; a frost-protection device

Internet Abbreviations

AKA -- also known as
ASAP -- as soon as possible
b/c -- because
BTW -- by the way
DH -- Dear Husband
DW -- Dear Wife
FWIW -- for what it's worth
IANAL -- I am not a lawyer (someone discussing legal issues without a formal law school education)
IIRC -- if I recall correctly
IMHO -- in my humble opinion
IMO -- in my opinion
IRL -- in real life
LOL -- laugh(ing) out loud
OTOH -- on the other hand
PITA -- pain in the arse
PNW -- Pacific North West of the United States
PM -- private message
PPM -- part per million - a measurment often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions
ROFLMAO -- rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
SASE -- self-addressed stamped envelope
SASBE -- self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage)
SH -- southern hemisphere
SO -- significant other
TYVM -- thank you very much
YMMV -- your mileage may vary (ie. your experience may be different)

[ginger2778]

That's totally understandable. I hope you weren't offended, I respect and admire you sooo much. You are truly remarkable, and very generous.

[baileyj]

Abbreviations are a fact of life and save time....but can get way out of hand.
I think clarifying if you are not sure what the term is is the way to go....

I also find it makes you think and explore the site to find out what the definition is....it can be time consuming but a learning experience.'

I am new to this site, not to gardening or tomatos and have learned so much just in the few weeks I have started to use the forum here.

I appreciate the long lists of definitions posted here, I only found them today when reading recent posts...a lot of effort and consideration went in to compile them.
Thanks

[tomatoguy]

Glad to see you folks are still working on the glossary I suggested several years ago. Lots of good information in these posts. Congratulations and hello, again.

mater

[dice]

A new one:

SIP: sub-irrigated planter

[socalgardengal]

Just had a couple good laughs, thanks for the thread as I am a newbie, appreciate the info very much!

[Iochroma]

A -- Alternaria stem canker; an A after a variety name indicates resistance to this
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 - a measure of a soil's potential fertility
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'
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this
F1 -- a hybrid between two separate varieties or lines; the first generation of a newly made hybrid
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
FF -- resistance to races 1 and 2 of Fusarium
FFF - resistance to three races of Fusarium
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'
N --- nematodes; an N after a variety name indicates resistance to this
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 variety or 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 measurement 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
S --- Septoria; an S after a variety name indicates resistance to this
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
St -- Stemphylium - a fungal grey leaf spot; St after a variety name indicates resistance to this
stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit
SWC -- self-watering container
T --- indicates resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus when seen after a variety name
TGRC - Tomato Genetics Research Center at the U. C. Davis
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)

[MrBig46]

I read almost all and I thank you for this dictionary. Most interesting for me is b´c. It is beautifull.
Vladimír

[Liberanos5]

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.

DTM - days to maturity - This is the number that you see on seed packs indicating how long (on average) it takes from the time you transplant into the garden until you have ripe fruit. I suppose it is one way of comparing the earliness or lateness of varieties but I have found it pretty much meaningless. I have had tomatoes with a DTM of 85 days come in at 50 and vice versa.


mater

Excellent idea.....I've only just gotten here and I'm mostly lost. IMNSHO there should be a variety picture index also in the event I visit a garden and the gardener has no idea what varieties they have and I'd be inclined to take a cutting or 2.....I intend to mostly lurk here and thanks to all the experts way in advance......

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Liberanos5

Excellent idea.....I've only just gotten here and I'm mostly lost. IMNSHO there should be a variety picture index also in the event I visit a garden and the gardener has no idea what varieties they have and I'd be inclined to take a cutting or 2.....I intend to mostly lurk here and thanks to all the experts way in advance......

Welcome!

Once a variety no longer has a name attached to it there is absolutely no way of IDing it, with very few exceptions.

There are perhaps betgween 15 and 20,000 known named varieties.

Take large fruited pink varieties, for example. There are hundreds of them. Take long red paste types, several hundred, take gold/red bicolors, many look the same, but differ with respect to production, taste, etc., and there are several hundreds of them as well.

If someone wants to know more about a named variety, that's usually not a problem, with of course some exceptions there as well.

So, a great idea but just not workable.

Carolyn