Charlines tomatopics 2015

[charline]

I start with a nice yellow line:
from left to right Sweet Ozark Orange, Tasmanian Blushing Yellow, Pineapple Pig, White Sugar, Shah




my alltime favorite: Orange Russian 117



Lithium Sunset



3 greenies: Lucinda, Green Tiger, Bosque Green Cherry

[ginger2778]

So beautiful. Very nice photogrpaphy!

[BigVanVader]

Gorgeous, hope you offer seeds for some. The Lithium sunset is calling me.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by charline

I start with a nice yellow line:
from left to right Sweet Ozark Orange, Tasmanian Blushing Yellow, Pineapple Pig, White Sugar, Shah




my alltime favorite: Orange Russian 117



Lithium Sunset



3 greenies: Lucinda, Green Tiger, Bosque Green Cherry

Charline, Shah has been extinct for many many years. Will Weaver brought it back from the dead, so to speak, but it wasn't Shah that he sent here and there.

First, a thread from here where Craig ( nctomatoman) describes it from an old catalog he had when it was first introduced:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=7566

We later discovered that what Will was distributing based on plant habit, fruit color and size was actually White Potato Leaf.

There's a lot more to say but it gets complicated including White Brandywine, no such thing, being equated with White Mikado, no such thing, being equated with Shah and on and on.

But you should feel comfortable knowing that you aren't growing the original Shah, which disappeared long ago.

And also good to remember that varieties that are said to be white fruited seldom are based on the degree of foliage cover, where grown in terms of UV intensity, and yes, also the genes a variety has. So so called whites can vary in color from ivory to pale yellow to a deeper yellow.

I've grown a lot of so called whites in the past and the one variety that has been consistently closest to white in my zone 5 is the variety White Queen which was introduced in the Earl May seed catlaog in I think 1941, when I was only 2 years old, but I remember it well.

Hope that helps, and I do love your pictures.

Carolyn

[heirloomtomaguy]

Oh my goodness your tomatoes look amazing. Great pics.

[charline]

thank you all for infos and compliments!

this is COPIA from this morning
10 fruits like this one or a little smaller on this plant and still flowering

[charline]

P20 x Beauty King and Amethyst jewel close together




a woolly experimental we are working on (with Ambiorix from Belgium)




J and L Midnight select

[Lee]

Great looking photos and plants!

So, do they all taste as good as the look?

Thanks for sharing.

[charline]

Originally Posted by Lee

Great looking photos and plants!

So, do they all taste as good as the look?

Thanks for sharing.

I have not tasted all the blues yet but Amethyst Jewel is very good and the P20 x beauty king even better.

[charline]

I cant stop taking pics of Lithium Sunset and I cant stop eating them.....

[barefootgardener]

Your tomatoes and plants are absolutely beautiful Charline!! Great pictures!!

Lithium Sunset is gorgeous! I take it that is one tasty tomato huh??
Describe it's taste for me will you please, and is it productive??

Ginny

[amideutch]

Charline, awesome fruits and pictures. The heat wave we had for the last month has been playing havoc with fruit set on my plants. Hopefully that will change.

Ami

[charline]

Ami, heat wave here is still on! but the toms are setting and ripening, not too much problems there. Hope your black Amber is doing well!


here are some of my tomatoes harvested today, it is about a third of the total harvest and its a gift for a friend

[Cole_Robbie]

great pics

[BigVanVader]

Argh that Lithium Sunset is so pretty, must have!