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Old October 23, 2014   #1
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Default (Lithium Sunset x Pink Boar) x Hippie Zebra

Another of my many crosses involving Lithium Sunset (a great striped line developed by Fred Hempel). I think it has the coolest stripes around.
I'll admit the basis of this cross was taking three tomatoes with cool stripes and crossing them - looking for cool stripes!
The fact that all three of the parents are very worthy taste wise, gives me faith that I'll see great taste out of this line long term. All of these seg's had average taste (though an EXCEPTIONALLY wet summer left a lot of my fruit weak-tasting)

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FY 2-2. Cool stripes for sure. Has the "waxed" look of Hippie Zebra



FY 2-7

I have some extra F2 seeds from these available if anyone wants into the "cool stripes" game. I'll probably also donate some to Carolyn's "experimental" offering.
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Old October 24, 2014   #2
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I'd like to get into the 'cool stripes' game if you'd send some F2s - include any others you think are interesting you'd like tried. Happy to report and return seed if wanted. I'll pm you my address and send SASE if you want one.
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Old November 13, 2014   #3
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Seeds arrived today. Thanks. I'll keep you posted.
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Well it happened again! I planted 2 seeds of F2 (lithium sunset×pink boar)×hippie zebra and bam one RL and PL. Were your F1's RL or PL?
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I have some extra F2 seeds from these available if anyone wants into the "cool stripes" game. I'll probably also donate some to Carolyn's "experimental" offering.

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And here are the crosses that Paddy has donated for my Experimental section, and for each cross he's given a detailed description of what to look for, or not.

Ernie's Plump XCoyote F3

Steelhead ( Brandywine X Ananas Noir) F2

BeautyKing X Indigo Rose XWild Thyme GWR) F1 X KBX X Siberian Tiger F2 to F1 seeds

Lithium Sunset X Pink Boar X Cherokee Lime Stripes F2

Lithium Sunset X Indigo Rose F3

I may have missed something in the above, since it was from something I copied to my notebook, not a cut and paste from Paddy's original e-mail to me.

I had planned to put these 4 crosses in my experimental section for my 2015 seed offer which usually goes up in early january, but for medical reasons I couldn't do it, but still plan to put up that whole seed offer in early summer if the WORD doc changes go OK and if the transfer to Tville goes OK,

Paddy,thanks so very much for sending me those seeds so that those who select one or more will be able to get them out to the public.

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Hypnotizing, thanks for sharing.
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Old March 28, 2015   #7
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Well it happened again! I planted 2 seeds of F2 (lithium sunset×pink boar)×hippie zebra and bam one RL and PL. Were your F1's RL or PL?
The F1's were RL, but the PL you're seeing is from Hipple Zebra. Grow 'em both! ;-)

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I have some extra F2 seeds from these available if anyone wants into the "cool stripes" game. I'll probably also donate some to Carolyn's "experimental" offering.

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And here are the crosses that Paddy has donated for my Experimental section, and for each cross he's given a detailed description of what to look for, or not.

Ernie's Plump XCoyote F3

Steelhead ( Brandywine X Ananas Noir) F2

BeautyKing X Indigo Rose XWild Thyme GWR) F1 X KBX X Siberian Tiger F2 to F1 seeds

Lithium Sunset X Pink Boar X Cherokee Lime Stripes F2

Lithium Sunset X Indigo Rose F3

I may have missed something in the above, since it was from something I copied to my notebook, not a cut and paste from Paddy's original e-mail to me.

I had planned to put these 4 crosses in my experimental section for my 2015 seed offer which usually goes up in early january, but for medical reasons I couldn't do it, but still plan to put up that whole seed offer in early summer if the WORD doc changes go OK and if the transfer to Tville goes OK,

Paddy,thanks so very much for sending me those seeds so that those who select one or more will be able to get them out to the public.

Carolyn
Whatever happens to those seeds doesn't matter to me as long as you continue to get better Carolyn. I'll be happy to answer any additional questions about those crosses if/when they go out.
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What do you look for in Ernie's Plump x Coyote? looks interesting to me
And a Wild Thyme Cross is so complex It has to segregate like crazy.. lots of fun.
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I have some extra F2 seeds from these available if anyone wants into the "cool stripes" game. I'll probably also donate some to Carolyn's "experimental" offering.

Carolyn
I would love to get into the 'cool stripes' game if you still have F2 seeds available. This year I've stuck to the stable Red Boars, Black & Brown Boar, Pink Berkeley tie-Dye, Red Zebra...
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I would love to get into the 'cool stripes' game if you still have F2 seeds available. This year I've stuck to the stable Red Boars, Black & Brown Boar, Pink Berkeley tie-Dye, Red Zebra...
Paddy did donate 4 different crosses for the Experimental Section of my annual seed offer, and I listed them above, and yes, I will be offering them sometime in early summer, normally they would have been offered in early Jan of 2015 but for medocal reasons I couldn't do it then.

Lots of stripe possibilities from the ones I listed above of paddy's.

And if this summer goes well for my seed producers the 2016 total offer should be up in early jan of 2016.

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Unfortunately, I'm out right now (I sent out quite a few, and planted a LOT to select for the most vigorous). I'll post up the results in the fall, and I'd be happy to send you seeds of the next gen then.
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Starting to ripen a few of these. I'll post taste reports etc. later in the season


L 4-2


L 4-5


L 4-7

This line has thrown a few surprise pinks, some with very subtle striping
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Paddy,
Nice work. I really like the look of that big pink.
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I agree! Really nice work and interesting to see what has developed. While they are all nice, I really like L 4-7.

Paddy.. Have you grown Banded Amazon yet? It has lots and lots of stripping and when the sun shines on the tomatoes it gives them a metallic look. I wonder what you might get if you crossed BA with your L 4- 2.
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