Any tomato varieties beginning with X?

araskathryn · July 19, 2011

Does anyone know of a tomato variety beginning with the letter X? I think it would be fun in the future to grow the alphabet, but so far, I have not been able to find a tomato for the letter X. Any info. would be appreciated!
Thanks!

fortyonenorth · July 19, 2011

Tatiana doesn't list any beginning with "X" - nor are there any listed in the most recent SSE Yearbook.

Mudman · July 19, 2011

There are a lot of folks around here developing new varieties. Maybe you could bribe someone into naming their next creation Xena or Xylophone Pink.

Elizabeth · July 19, 2011

In my 2007 SSE Yearbook there are 2 varieties, so they exist, even if they aren't currently traded

Xanthi
80 Days
ind reg leaf 8-12 oz
Round red fruit
Very Good flavor and yields
(If I'm reading it right it looks like the offerer got them from a trader that got them from a village in Greece)

XCS-290
75 Days
3' high
Red fruit

Elizabeth · July 19, 2011

Upon further research I see that the 2010 Yearbook had 2 sources for Xanthi and one for the XCS-290

Good luck in your search!

Worth1 · July 19, 2011

Isn't that the tomato they sell at stores?

Brand X

Elizabeth · July 19, 2011

LOL

Brand X - Xpensive and Xtra blah

**carolyn137** · July 19, 2011

Worth, there is one from Spain but right now I can't think of the name of it. I suppose I could go searching for it but do you really want me to do that?

DiggingDogFarm · July 19, 2011

Here are a few......

http://ventmarin.free.fr/passion_tom.../tomates_x.htm

**carolyn137** · July 19, 2011

And now I remember it, it's Xuxa, but I see it's from Portugal, not Spain. Well, since they share a border I wasn't too far off.

Actually this variety came up several years ago at another site when varieties from Spain were being discussed and I remember asking Reinhard Kraft about Xuxa, if he'd ever heard of it and he said, don't bother with it, hard as can be an no taste.

I was just after info and had no intention of growing it.

clara · July 20, 2011

Another variety is:

Xiang Kouang I (from Laos)

Gerhard Bohl describes it as: Raspberry-pink rather early variety, slightly ribbed; taste is a bit sour.

Mudman · July 21, 2011

I was just searching around and did come across a hybid tomato called Xena.

July 19, 2011	#1
araskathryn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 20	Any tomato varieties beginning with X? Does anyone know of a tomato variety beginning with the letter X? I think it would be fun in the future to grow the alphabet, but so far, I have not been able to find a tomato for the letter X. Any info. would be appreciated! Thanks!

July 19, 2011	#3
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	There are a lot of folks around here developing new varieties. Maybe you could bribe someone into naming their next creation Xena or Xylophone Pink. __________________ Mike

July 19, 2011	#4
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	In my 2007 SSE Yearbook there are 2 varieties, so they exist, even if they aren't currently traded Xanthi 80 Days ind reg leaf 8-12 oz Round red fruit Very Good flavor and yields (If I'm reading it right it looks like the offerer got them from a trader that got them from a village in Greece) XCS-290 75 Days 3' high Red fruit __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

July 19, 2011	#5
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	Upon further research I see that the 2010 Yearbook had 2 sources for Xanthi and one for the XCS-290 Good luck in your search! __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

July 19, 2011	#7
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	LOL Brand X - Xpensive and Xtra blah __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

July 19, 2011	#2
fortyonenorth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 1,150	Tatiana doesn't list any beginning with "X" - nor are there any listed in the most recent SSE Yearbook.

July 19, 2011	#6
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Isn't that the tomato they sell at stores? Brand X

July 19, 2011	#8
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Worth, there is one from Spain but right now I can't think of the name of it. I suppose I could go searching for it but do you really want me to do that? __________________ Carolyn

July 19, 2011	#9
DiggingDogFarm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York State Posts: 286	Here are a few...... http://ventmarin.free.fr/passion_tom.../tomates_x.htm __________________ "The best thing about a vegetable garden is all the meat you can shoot and trap out of it!"

July 20, 2011	#11
clara Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,351	Another variety is: Xiang Kouang I (from Laos) Gerhard Bohl describes it as: Raspberry-pink rather early variety, slightly ribbed; taste is a bit sour.

July 21, 2011	#12
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	I was just searching around and did come across a hybid tomato called Xena. __________________ Mike